Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2019

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that AZAA Investments, Inc., was a retailer, everyone in the chain of commerce—that is manufacturers, distributors, dealers, installers, and retailers—has an important responsibility to ensure that all aftermarket products they offer for sale have first been exempted by CARB.

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Parts California Emissions Pollution 191

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

In response to federal policies to boost gas mileage, manufacturers have changed vehicle weights, improved tire-rolling resistance and added aerodynamic features to push fuel-economy rates past government-mandated thresholds. mpg and 22.4 mpg) that lead to large changes in tax liability or the amount of a subsidy. —Joel Slemrod.

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Fuel Economy Economy Fuel MPG 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Martin Keller, Laboratory Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Tom Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute; Eric McCarthy, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, Public Policy and Legal Affairs, Proterra; Mark McNabb, CEO, Electrify America; Arlen Orchard, General Manager & CEO, Sacramento Municipal Utility District; Thomas S.

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Fort Worth Transportation Energy Audi 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2013

The agreement has no legal effect and imposes no legally binding obligation. Where possible, California, British Columbia, Oregon and Washington will link programs for consistency and predictability and to expand opportunities to grow the region''s low-carbon economy. Support integration of the region’s electricity grids.

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Purchase Oregon 2016 Washington 220

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2011

The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos. 10 11 –5.17×10

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Standards Fuel Economy Vehicles Economy 240

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is rejecting. CARB will continue its investigation and technical evaluations with EPA to return the vehicles to legally required emission levels, determine mitigation for past and future environmental harm, and assess penalties. This rejection only applies to VW’s diesel 2.0L vehicles, not 3.0L

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California Diesel EPA 2015 150

Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press. While we can’t do anything about the price of fuel, there are ways to increase your car’s fuel economy and get the best kilometres per litre. At the time, Americans were slurping leaded fuel through massive V8 sedans.

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Emissions Pollution India Climate 52

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

The recognized benefits of industrial facilities, including manufacturing products, employment and tax revenues, are not addressed in the report. The report does not assess whether the emissions from industrial facilities are consistent with the legal permitting conditions for the operation of these plants.

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Pollution 2009 Europe Industrial 268

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The consumption scenarios are technically achievable but do not reflect significant barriers such as cost, regulation, legality, and consumer acceptance. Primary technical concerns with using intermediate-level blends of ethanol in the vehicle fleet include: Fuel economy. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. —Searle et al.

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Gasoline Exhaust Water Fuel 230

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

At present, around 50,000 merchant ships transport 90% of global goods and make maritime transport indispensable for the world economy. The legal position on shipping emissions. Maritime transport causes about 4% of global man-made CO 2 emissions—making its carbon footprint approximately as high as Germany’s.

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Emissions Pollution Climate Change Transportation 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

This outweighed the gains achieved through economies of scale, although that turned out to be the second-largest category of reductions. pilot-scale manufacturing), while learning-by-doing includes improvements that result from repeated manufacturing activity at commercial scale. Ziegler et al. —Jessika Trancik.

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Li-ion MIT Lithium Ion Climate Change 448

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

The bill also directs the President to work with the relevant Federal agencies and California to harmonize, to the maximum extent possible, the federal fuel economy standards, any emission standards promulgated by EPA, and the California standards for light-duty vehicles. Manufactured Homes. Smart Grid and Electricity Transmission.

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Climate Standards Carbon California 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2009

2454 , The American Clean Energy and Security Act—which establishes a cap-and-trade program also contains a number of provisions for accelerating the deployment of a vehicle charging infrastructure and the manufacturing of plug-in electric drive vehicles. Plug-in Electric Drive Vehicle Manufacturing. Advanced technology vehicles.

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Plug-in Plug Standards Auto Industry 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2012

The current California program constitutes a separate set of rules with minor variations due to separate legal structures but is designed to parallel the proposed federal joint rulemaking the Obama administration announced last summer. Manufacturers must overcomply by at least 2gCO 2 e each year for all four years. Source: ARB.

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Clean Cleaning California Cars 265

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. Donovan, CEO Renergie, Inc.

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Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric 317

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2010

In the comments, the Alliance outlined four specific concerns with the NOI and the accompanying Technical Assessment Report: The agencies should consider the critical role of fuel prices in ensuring public acceptance of more costly high-fuel economy vehicles. We look forward to reviewing those studies.

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Automobile Manufacturer Automobile Manufacturer Fuel Economy 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

The measurement of reductions is relatively straightforward, based on readings from meters installed at regulated power stations and manufacturing facilities. How Credit Derivatives Brought the US Economy to the Brink of a Second Great Depression , by Brian J. CONCLUSION. REFERENCES. Donovan (February 19, 2010).

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Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions 255

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2014

The study follows another recent ICCT report showing that the gap between official and real-world fuel-economy figures in Europe has risen to about 38%. According to these plans, vehicle manufacturers from 2017 would have to test new vehicles not only under laboratory conditions but also on the road, using PEMS equipment.

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Diesel Emissions West Virginia 2014 344

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2014

The primary academic partner in the project is McMaster University in Ontario, with Ryerson University and CANMET, an agency of Natural Resources Canada, as other partners in the project. There is no silver bullet to improve vehicle fuel economy, so Chrysler Group is actively exploring every technology that shows promise. Earlier post.)

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Chrysler Carbon Fiber F-150 Fuel Economy 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

reforestation); Limiting deforestation by purchasing forested property and preserving the forests with legal and enforcement mechanisms; Setting aside croplands from agricultural production to rebuild carbon in the soil and vegetation; and. In an “economy-wide” cap-and-trade emissions program, energy sector emissions would likely be capped.

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Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2017

On the development side, Volkswagen Truck & Bus is pooling its brands’ resources with the aim of leveraging synergies and incorporating the strengths of the individual brands. We chose exactly the right time to bundle our expertise and pool our resources. Equally, demand for these types of vehicles has been on the rise.

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Connect Connected Transportation Maintenance 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2014

The focus on the first phase of the project, emphasized Dr. Matt Zaluzec, Ford technical leader, Global Materials and Manufacturing Research, was the use of technologies that are targeting the use of mixed materials and that are available today. A 10% reduction in vehicle weight can result in a 6%-8% fuel economy improvement.

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Concept Carbon Fiber Vehicles Ford 284

Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

I said I would consider it, but that I was really hoping to establish a precedent, legally speaking, beyond Torrance. He’s a great resource and wonderful guy and he’s a old solar hippy. Oh yeah, it’s just coming up with that big up front check in this economy that’s the tough part. For local manufacturing? Not really.

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Solar Installation California Building 210

Baua Electric

APRIL 24, 2024

The Biden administration has taken a significant step in its expedited environmental review of what could become the third lithium mine in the US, amid anticipated legal challenges from conservationists over the threat they say it poses to an endangered Nevada wildflower.

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Nevada Auto Las Vegas Re-Charge 52

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF). —James Frith, head of energy storage at BNEF.

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Africa Supplies Emissions Poland 221

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Audi is the first manufacturer worldwide to use this technology in a production plug-in hybrid. For example, fuel economy statistics and a graphic display of the electric range is shown on the navigation map. Audi and other German manufacturers use the Combined Charging System (CCS). Click to enlarge. Heat pump: heating.

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Audi PHEV Diesel Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. He said he met with the California Air Resources Board (ARB) three times.

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Fuel Economy Standards California EPA 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2018

This would result in an average fuel economy for passenger cars of 43.7 For manufacturers, the Administration claims reduced regulatory costs and burdens will result in: $252.6 For manufacturers, the Administration claims reduced regulatory costs and burdens will result in: $252.6 mpg and for light trucks of 31.3

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EPA Fuel Economy California MPG 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Murkowski, the ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said her amendment is necessary to avoid the “economic train wreck” that would result from the Environmental Protection Agency regulating stationary sources of carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act. The AAM and AIAM are opposing this amendment.

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Auto Industry EPA Emissions Auto 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

The three lawmakers plan to introduce legislation next month that would apply different carbon controls to individual sectors of the economy instead of setting a national target. Graham recently declared, “ Economy-wide cap-and-trade is dead. ” Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.)

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244

Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2022

By 2026, car manufacturers will have to [make approximately 17% of new vehicles] in their total fleets electric and zero-emission. By 2026, car manufacturers will have to make approximately 17% of new vehicles in their total fleets electric and zero-emission. The courts put them on hold, all these legal challenges.

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EPA Emissions Standards Legal 103

Electric Auto Association

MARCH 27, 2021

Tesla’s 4680 battery cell is vastly superior to any battery cell the company has manufactured in the past, and the upcoming Ultium batteries from General Motors are also very impressive. Many manufacturers appear close to perfecting solid-state batteries with even more astonishing capabilities. In 2007, the U.S.

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EPA Batteries Battery Legal 62

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 9, 2024

Originally instituted by the Obama administration in 2013, the waiver was ended by the Trump administration in 2019 on the grounds that it effectively allowed California to move the nation toward more stringent fuel economy standards and mandatory electrification.

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EPA California Emissions Gas 105

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 30, 2024

Grievances include claims that the executive branch is unconstitutionally manipulating the marketplace by setting requirements higher than manufacturers can adhere to, effectively mandating sales of electric vehicles that have been broadly unpopular in the United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last week.

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EPA Emissions West Virginia Gas 98