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MARCH 22, 2020

A coalition of major oil & gas, power, automotive, fuel cell, and hydrogen companies have developed and released the full new report, a “ Road Map to a US Hydrogen Economy. ” It can reduce both carbon and local emissions, increase energy security and strengthen the economy, as well as support the deployment of renewable power generation such as wind, solar, nuclear and hydro. Road Map to a US Hydrogen Economy ”. Road Map to a US Hydrogen Economy.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

But the automaker is also looking beyond cars, anticipating an entire “hydrogen economy” where fuel cells have a variety of other uses. Hyundai is one of a handful of automakers to remain committed to hydrogen fuel-cell cars.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

vehicle fuel economy. Specifically, this study examines actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks (pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans) from 1966 through 2017. Calculated vehicle fuel economy is available going back to 1923. For 1966 through 1985, fuel economy was calculated from the information in a summary publication by the U.S. The graph below shows the changes in actual vehicle fuel economy from 1966 through 2017. by Michael Sivak.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Readers who want to make their voices heard in objection to (or support of) the EPA proposal to freeze fuel economy standards have until tomorrow to get their comments in. The EPA proposed in early August to undo Obama-era rules requiring cars to reach increasingly stringent fuel-economy targets through 2025. EPA Corporate Average Fuel Economy

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

It turns out there's more than one way for automakers to meet fuel-economy targets. The other—as demonstrated over the years by quite a few automakers—is to pay fuel economy fines to the U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA One is to develop and sell more fuel-efficient cars and trucks. Treasury as a course of doing business. That's the course Fiat Chrysler took for.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Right now, the debate over the future of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards is in full swing. emissions Michigan CAFE Fuel Economy Corporate Average Fuel EconomyToday, they call for a fleet average of 54.5 mpg (or about 38 mpg on window stickers) by 2025 for vehicles sold in the U.S. But many within the auto industry—and those sympathetic to it—would like to see those standards rolled.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 19, 2019

The EPA's plans to freeze fuel economy and emissions standards have been put on hold until at least Labor Day, sources familiar with the plans told Bloomberg earlier this week. Last August, the EPA released its long-anticipated proposal to unwind the steadily rising fuel-economy standards put in place in 2012 under President Obama, in part to. emissions EPA global warming Corporate Average Fuel Economy

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Leveraging blockchain technology, we can work together to ensure our products deliver back to the value chain and contribute to a circular economy. BASF is launching the pilot platform reciChain in the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada, as a response to plastic waste.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

The EPA's annual CO2 and Fuel Economy Trends Report compares. emissions EPA Fuel EconomyLow gas prices and high sales of crossovers and SUVs have led critics of current U.S. emissions standards to question whether automakers can continue meeting those standards. But a new report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows that so far, carmakers are doing just fine.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 11, 2019

An EPA report released Wednesday shows that cars are getting better gas mileage in response to rising fuel economy standards. Yet a roaring economy and low gas prices have put Americans on a truck-buying spree, and the EPA is working to undermine those standards. emissions EPA Fuel EconomyAccording to its annual automotive trends report, the average new car reached a.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Ford announced on Thursday that it opened an investigation into the fuel economy testing it does to receive official EPA ratings and federal certification to sell its vehicles in the U.S. emissions Corporate Average Fuel EconomyThe company plans to start by retesting its 2019 Ranger midsize pickup, after employees raised concerns through Ford's internal reporting channel called Speak.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards require carmakers to achieve a fleet average of 54.5 CAFE Fuel Economy Corporate Average Fuel Economyemissions regulations are forcing carmakers to make their products more efficient over the next decade. mpg by 2025. That's equivalent to roughly 40 mpg on the window sticker. DON'T MISS: Miles Driven In U.S. Hits New All-Time High; Gasoline.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to maintain existing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards through 2025. emissions Politics EPA CAFE transportation policy Corporate Average Fuel EconomyThe U.S. Enacted by the Obama Administration in 2012, the standards call for automakers to achieve a fleet average of 54.5 mpg (equivalent to about 38 mpg in the real world) by that year. The decision follows the.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2020

A team from the University of Tennessee and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has the fuel savings due to fuel economy improvements over the past 43 years amount to approximately two trillion gallons of gasoline. They further estimated that roughly one-fifth of the savings can be attributed to gasoline price increases over the period and four-fifths to fuel economy and greenhouse gas (GHG) standards. Fleet-wide fuel economy gains produced large fuel savings.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 31, 2015

Windshield CAFE Fuel Economy Corporate Average Fuel EconomyGorilla Glass is already used for the screens of countless smartphones, but it may start to make its way into cars soon. The tough, scratch-resistant material made by Corning could help carmakers further reduce weight, as they look to increase fuel efficiency. Even small gains could be beneficial in the context of U.S. Corporate Average Fuel.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 10, 2018

emissions EPA NHTSA CAFE Fuel Economy regulation Corporate Average Fuel EconomyJournalism as an industry is under great pressure these days. There are far more people writing "content" than in past decades, and in general they are having to produce more of it for less money than they did 10, 20, or 50 years ago. That's no excuse, however, for getting the basics wrong. DON'T MISS: Hey, media, get it straight: "electrified" is.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

combustion cycle HCCI Fuel Economy SKYACTIVThe internal combustion engine, now more than 200 years old, will be with us for a long time to come yet. Powering more than 1 billion vehicles on the planet and almost 100 million new ones each year, it is the default way to move vehicles along the world's roads. With its carbon emissions now conclusively implicated in climate change, electric.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 2, 2016

Economic Economy Fuel EconomyFor the past year or so, U.S. drivers have enjoyed low gas prices. That's been particularly true over the past couple of months, as gas prices have dropped closer to $2.00 per gallon around the country. Lower gas prices put more money into consumers' pockets, in theory allowing them to spend more on other things. DON'T MISS: Why Electric Cars Make.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 9, 2016

Fuel Economy Third-Row Seats Seven-seater SUV Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA They say you never really forget how to ride a bike, but if you're Chrysler, you may temporarily forget how to build a minivan. That's just what happened for the company that invented the multi-purpose vehicle more than 30 years ago. Its last generation of Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans were, frankly, subpar. DON'T.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 20, 2017

Whether or not you agree that AWD is a must-have in wintry climes, the selection of cars with high fuel economy and AWD is limited. all-wheel drive AWD Fuel Economy EPA Ratings"I want a fuel-efficient car, but I live in a snowy area, and won't buy one without all-wheel drive; what's the best?" It's a question we hear often. DON'T MISS: 2014 BMW 328d xDrive: 40-MPG Diesel Sport Wagon.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

Gen 2 technology has significant long-term scope in terms of the ammonia economy, limited only by the substantial investment and long lead time required to establish new facilities. Ammonia economy roadmap showing current and projected contributions of current and Gen 1 (purple), Gen 2 (light blue), and Gen 3 (green) ammonia production technologies. 2020) “A Roadmap to the Ammonia Economy”, Joule doi: 10.1016/ j.joule.2020.04.004.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 29, 2016

The dominos continue to fall as more and more carmakers are investigated for accuracy in their testing of emissions and fuel economy over longer periods of time. While European buyers had complained for years that EU fuel-economy ratings diverged from real-world results, nothing much happened until last year on that front. Green EPA EPA Ratings Fuel Economy Japan

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2020

The average production-weighted fuel economy for all new light-duty vehicles in model year (MY) 2019 was 95% better than in MY 1975, while average horsepower was 78% higher and weight was 1% higher, according to the 2019 EPA Automotive Trends Report. From the late 1980s to the mid-2000s, fuel economy generally declined while horsepower and weight increased.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The average fuel economy of new cars sold in the United States fell once more in September, although not by much. Average new-car fuel economy continues to hover around 25 mpg, according to recent analysis. The sales-weighted average window sticker fuel economy for new cars in September was 25.2 sales Study Fuel Economy EPA Ratingsmpg, according to the University of Michigan.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 7, 2016

new-car average fuel economy came to a halt in 2015. Two separate analyses show that the average fuel economy of new cars sold in the U.S. The sales-weighted average window sticker fuel economy of new cars for. sales Fuel Economy New car sales EPA RatingsAs gas prices dropped and sales of less-efficient vehicles increased, improvements in U.S. slowed in 2014, and decreased last year.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Even the automaker lobbying group didn't go this far in their complaints about emission and fuel-economy rules for vehicles in the 2022 through 2025 model years. CAFE Fuel Economy Corporate Average Fuel Economy PollsWhen the Obama Administration approved final EPA emission rules for those years, the automakers complained that the comment period had been cut short. They didn't seriously suggest that.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2020

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed an onboard separation system that could support increased fuel economy and lower greenhouse gas emissions as part of an octane-on-demand fuel-delivery system. PNNL’s onboard separation technology enables octane-on-demand to improve performance and overall fuel economy for passenger vehicles and light duty trucks.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 7, 2017

Automaker lobbyists continue to push back against the stricter fuel-economy and emissions standards scheduled to take effect in the U.S. costs Fuel Economy transportation policy Cost Of Ownershipover the next decade. Many of their arguments center on costs—not only to the carmakers themselves, but also to car buyers. Regulators and automakers together acknowledge that complying with tougher.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 8, 2018

For 2017, sales-weighted new-car fuel economy landed at 25.2 sales Fuel Economy New car sales EPA RatingsEven as vehicles become more fuel-efficient, the unending market shift toward crossover utilities, SUVs, and trucks kept the overall average U.S. new fleet efficiency stagnant for the fourth year in a row. mpg, an improvement over 2016 of just 0.1 The last time there was any.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Ahead of the next-generation 2018 Jeep Wrangler's debut, the EPA released fuel-economy estimates for the V-6 powered model of the archetypal SUV. They're higher, as are the ratings for pretty much every new model, courtesy of steadily rising corporate average fuel-economy rules for model years 2012 through 2025. off roading Fuel Economy EPA Ratings

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 16, 2018

Detroit Auto Show mild hybrid Fuel Economy start-stop system 48-Volt mild hybridThe dominant news at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit was about pickup trucks. Ironically, the Detroit automaker with the fewest electrified models on sale was the only one to bring hybridization to a new truck, in the form of its brand-new 2019 Ram 1500. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has lagged GM and FOrd on the.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 7, 2015

new-car average fuel economy hovered around 25 mpg, a recent analysis found. The sales-weighted average window sticker fuel economy for new cars in June was 25.4 Fuel EconomyMoving past the halfway mark of 2015, U.S. mpg, according to the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). This represents a 0.1-mpg decrease from May, which.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 10, 2016

The average fuel economy of new cars sold in April fell again as SUV sales remained strong. Two separate analyses show a drop in fuel economy last month, continuing a trend witnessed throughout 2015. The sales-weighted average window sticker fuel economy of new cars sold in the U.S. sales Fuel Economy New car salesin April 2016 was 25.2 mpg, according to researchers Michael.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 7, 2015

The sales-weighted average fuel economy of new cars and trucks sold in the U.S. Average window-sticker fuel economy for new vehicles in April was 25.2 Fuel Economydeclined last month, although it remains high overall. mpg, representing a decrease of 0.2 mpg from March. This information comes from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 10, 2017

For nearly a decade, the average fuel economy of new cars sold in the U.S. Low gas prices and increased consumer interest in SUVs has caused calculated average new-car average fuel economy to plateau and, in the case of 2016's figures, decline slightly. The average fuel economy. Study Fuel Economysteadily increased—but that moment has stalled in recent years.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2020

Using telematics, NYC Fleet, part of New York City’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), recently analyzed actual fuel economy in its hybrid and non-hybrid vehicles and compared it to the EPA ratings for each make and model. This system has improved the ability to report on use-based fuel economy per vehicle. DCAS Fleet looked at actual fuel economy in calendar year 2019 for 4,000 non-policing fleet units including sedans, SUVs, pickups, and vans.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2019

Fuels market analyst Tammy Klein notes that more than 40 countries are developing light-duty vehicle fuel economy standards. Ten years ago, only four governments 10 years ago had introduced mandatory GHG emission and/or fuel economy standards: China, Japan, South Korea, and the United States. All are among the top 15 vehicle markets worldwide: nearly 80% of new LDVs sold globally are currently subject to some kind of GHG emission or fuel economy standards.

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JUNE 12, 2017

NHTSA Fuel Economy regulation EPA RatingsWhat's a truck? If you tell your average suburban family that they're hauling their kids to school and sports practices in a truck, many will push back. It's an SUV," you'll likely hear, or perhaps, "it's called a crossover"—short for crossover utility vehicle, or a car-based SUV. DON'T MISS: Are you driving a car, a crossover, an SUV, or a.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 19, 2015

While government regulations push carmakers to achieve ever-greater increases in fuel economy, the question of whether consumers actually care about the efficiency of their cars remains. In addition to its environmental benefits, increased fuel economy can help owners save money. car buying Study Fuel Economy

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2019

The latest edition of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annual Automotive Trends Report finds that Model Year (MY) 2017 vehicle fuel economy was 24.9 Since MY 2004, fuel economy and CO 2 emissions have improved in eleven out of thirteen years. Estimated Real-World CO 2 and Fuel Economy. Progress on GHG emissions while providing choices for American consumers as sport utility vehicles reached record high market share, while also achieving record high fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2019

In 2018, 27% of new light-duty vehicles sold in the US had fuel economies of more than 30 miles per gallon (783 l/100 km), according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). By contrast, none of the light-duty vehicles produced in 1975 had fuel economy greater than 30 miles per gallon (mpg). had fuel economy over 30 mpg; by 2018, that share had grown to 27%. of light-duty vehicles produced were plug-in vehicles with fuel economies greater than 60 mpg (3.92

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 27, 2016

It's well known by now that the European Union testing protocol for fuel economy is much less rigorous than the U.S. Europe emissions Mercedes-Benz EU Study Fuel EconomyEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards. Both protocols are based around laboratory testing rather than real-world evaluation, but EU figures have gained a reputation for being much more optimistic than what drivers can.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 30, 2018

After announcing its intention last month to roll back emissions standards that require cars to get higher fuel economy, the EPA is now circulating a proposal in Washington to freeze the standards at 2020 levels through 2026. Corporate Average Fuel EconomyThe story was first reported by the Los Angeles Times, and confirmed by Reuters. The proposal so far is a draft, which.

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