The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 31, 2023

Manufacturers hoping to adhere to modern regulations are prioritizing extremely heavy EVs that arguably pose more of an ecological concern than the lightweight economy vehicles they were supposed to replace. Creeping automotive pricing has resulted in regular people turning away from the new vehicle market as the economy worsens.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

Yesterday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National High Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly established increasingly stringent greenhouse gas emission standards under the Clean Air Act for 2012 through 2016 model-year vehicles and fuel economy standards under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy program, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Despite the buzz around hybrid and electric vehicles, it is clear that automakers will be looking primarily at turbocharged engines to help green their fleets and meet the regulatory targets like CAFE in the US. Tags: Brief. Polk & Co., as well as customer forecasts, interviews, and discussions. liter Power Stroke engines.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

The National Research Council has released a prepublication edition of a new congressionally mandated report that evaluates various technologies and methods that could improve the fuel economy of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs), such as tractor-trailers, transit buses, and work trucks.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2009

The resulting new standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 The CAFE program established by the EISA 2007 legislation specified a minimum 35 mpg in 2020. The two issued a Notice of Upcoming Joint Rulemaking to Establish Vehicle GHG Emissions and CAFE Standards today.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2009

These advanced technology products will help car and light truck manufacturers meet increased CAFE standards, while also meeting new, more stringent standards for vehicle tailpipe emissions. Tags: Emissions Vehicle Systems. The preceding four conditional loan commitments are: $5.9 billion for Ford Motor Company; $1.6

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

A new economic analysis in an issue brief from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is recommending that the Obama Administration set a fleet-wide car and light truck fuel economy standard of 60 mpg (3.92 The Obama Administration will release a Notice of Intent for 2017-2025 light duty fuel economy standards on 30 September.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

The resulting set of new standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. mpg in 2016 (39 mpg for cars, 30 mpg for trucks), or approximately 250 grams CO 2 /mile.

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Green Cars News

MAY 18, 2009

Ricardo has stamped its place as one of the leading technological names in terms of fuel economy after providing expert advice to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with regards to the 2009 CAFE rulemaking which will come into effect in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

Economy-wide CO 2 prices of $30-60/t CO 2 are too weak on their own to motivate significant reductions in CO 2 emissions from transportation. The economy-wide CO 2 prices applied increase the cost of driving only marginally with respect to the business-as-usual case. —Morrow et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2010

We emphasize that this policy portfolio is not a substitute for an economy-wide carbon management policy (such as a carbon tax or cap-and-trade system). Indeed, an economy-wide constraint would ensure that reductions in fuel consumption and GHG emissions are not displaced to sectors not covered under transportation-specific policies.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

Last month, President Obama announced a national policy of two harmonized standards, one for increasing fuel economy (to be issued by NHTSA) and the second for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (to be issued by EPA) for all new cars and trucks sold in the United States. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. Earlier post.)

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

The Consumer Federation of America has recommended that President Barack Obama set a fleet-wide car and light truck fuel economy standard of 60mpg by 2025. Its recommendation was made with the Obama Administration scheduled to release a Notice of Intent for 2017-2025 light duty fuel economy standards on September 30.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

These regulatory standards will be equivalent to applicable US national fuel economy standards. There are indications that the Obama Administration in the US is seeking to harmonize Federal fuel economy standards (CAFE) and California vehicle greenhouse gas emissions regulations (AB1493, Pavley). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

The target is vehicles capable of achieving energy efficiencies significantly greater than required under current and pending Federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. EPA and NHTSA just released their joint proposed rulemaking for an average 250g/mile CO 2 and 34.1 mpg US limit by 2016, earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2009

Strong economy-wide pricing measures (such as a $5.00 congestion pricing) and economy-wide pricing strategies (e.g., Pricing strategies, in particular the economy-wide pricing implemented through PAYD (pay as you drive), a VMT fee, and gas or carbon pricing have the largest potential to reduce GHGs. Land use and smart growth.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2009

For the 2011 Model Year, the draft regulations would require auto companies to comply with unique fleet average GHG emission standards for passenger automobiles and light trucks aligned with applicable US fuel economy standards for the 2011 model year. Tags: Canada Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy.

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Green Cars News

MAY 21, 2009

The standards, which will apply to model years 2012-2016, will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5mpg in 2016 (39mpg for cars, 30mpg for trucks) - approximately 250 grams CO2/mile. This speeds up the initial CAFE programme target set by the EISA 2007 which specified a minimum of 35mpg by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2009

Tags: Infrastructure Oil sands. The written and verbal comments received during this process were used to prepare the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). The FEIS was submitted to the EPA on 5 June 2009. of State Alberta Clipper Project website (including EIS).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Greenhouse gas and fuel economy levels under the EPA NHTSA joint proposed rulemaking. NHTSA is proposing CAFE standards for passenger cars and light trucks under 49 U.S.C. These standards would require them to meet an estimated combined average fuel economy level of 34.1 Click to enlarge. mpg in model year 2016. mpg by MY 2016.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The 2017-2025 phase of CAFE. Tags: Engines Fuel Efficiency Fuels. In his talk, Koonin noted that DOE was looking at pushing from Peta-scale computing to Exa-scale computing (10 18 flops) in ten years—also targeted as necessary to be support the development of an eventual “500-mile battery” ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Focus on fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

Final MY 2011 and MY 2012-2016 passenger car fuel economy targets, based on vehicle footprint. The CAFE standards are expressed as mathematical functions depending on vehicle footprint. The CAFE standards are expressed as mathematical functions depending on vehicle footprint. Source: NHTSA. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

JUNE 13, 2009

The announcement seems to fall in line with CAFE legislation that dictates that new production models must be able to operate with a minimum of 35.5mpg by 2016. Indeed Lamborghini has already started to make some minor green tweaks in an effort to improve its economy and lower emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2009

The bill is structured into four primary titles: Title I: Clean Energy; Title II: Energy Efficiency; Title III: Reducing Global Warming Pollution (the cap-and-trade bill); and Title IV: Transitioning to a Clean Energy Economy (which also includes a section on adapting to climate change). Tags: Plug-ins Policy.

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Green Cars News

JULY 26, 2009

US car maker Ford has some hard work ahead if it is to meet new CAFE regulations and still sell the SUVs and pick-up trucks that are so popular across its home country. It can increase fuel economy by as much as 20 per cent and is set to be available on 90 per cent of Ford’s models by 2013.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 16, 2007

We're curiously disappointed with all the talk about CO2 in Washington and we have to put industry's feet to the fire and improve fuel economy. If Lutz means it, GM should be willing to meet higher CAFE requirements with electric miles in the Volt, rather than ethanol flex-fuel loopholes. GM doesn't need a fancy new package.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

With CAFE emphasising fuel economy and increasing the target from 26mpg in 2010 to 35.5mpg in 2016, GM is focusing on getting greater mileage out of existing petrol engine technologies. Tags: Chevrolet Electric cars The Green Piece general motors GM green piece. Starting from 2010 its 2.4l Embracing new technologies.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has set the model year 2011 CAFE standards, which it estimates will raise the industry-wide combined light-duty vehicle fuel economy average to 27.3 Estimated Industry-wide MY 2011 CAFE. . million metric tons during that period. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

0:00 / 2:36 To hell with gas, drive this Meeting fuel efficiency standards Besides the obvious public relations value - and there will be a ton of that - electric cars like the Circuit could help Chrysler meet stricter fuel economy standards. Tags: evdriven. In its March 30 "Determination of Viability," the Treasury Dept.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

On 15 Sep, NHTSA and the US EPA proposed a joint rulemaking on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for light duty vehicles: an average new car 34.1 mpg if the automotive industry were to meet this CO 2 level just through fuel economy improvements.) ( Earlier post.). mpg and 250 g CO 2 /km for model year 2016. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2009

Chrysler anticipates that the new Pentastar V-6 will contribute a 2 mpg increase to Chrysler’s CAFE by 2015. The engine delivers 280 hp (209 kW) at 6,400 rpm and 260 lb-ft of torque (353 N•m) at 4,800 rpm—an increase of 33% in horsepower and 11% in torque over its predecessor, while providing an 11% fuel economy improvement.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

LTD : BrushlessDC Motors for driving Electric Vehicle AndersonPower Products : Heavy duty connectors AVCON :EV charging stations and receptacles BRUSA Electronic :AC drive systems Cafe Electric : Homeof Zilla (awesome controllers) CoherentPower, LTD. Battery chargers and DC/DC converters. Curtis Instruments : Controllersand more.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2009

Equally clear are the implications when it comes to fuel economy. However, there are ways to serve fuel economy and safety at the same time. People drive small cars for many reasons, not just fuel economy as the IIHS states. Tags: Fuel Efficiency Safety. IIHS President Adrian Lund. IIHS Status Report , Vol.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 19, 2009

All I ever heard them do was badmouth the small Honda car I drive and complain about CAFE fuel economy standards. I’ve visited Michigan dozens of times in the last 20 years and I never met a single US Auto worker who cared one whit about the greenhouse gases they’re responsible for. Guess what?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

If every car accepts 2 or 4 or 6 of these universal packs then true economies of scale can kick in in their manufacture. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags. Tags: evdriven. Takes the car companies out the battery business. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments.

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