Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Vehicle OEMs are investing large sums to advance the transition to electric vehicles, even as they lobby governments to water down the emissions regulations that are forcing that transition. The pursuit of contradictory goals is a basic fact of human nature, and the commercial truck industry is no exception.

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Charging Sierra North America Volvo 52

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

In 2005, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger enacted Executive Order S-03-052,requiring a reduction in state-wide GHG emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. Their emission benefits are appropriately considered in next summer’s revision to the LEV criteria emission standards (LEV III). Source: ARB. Click to enlarge.

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Emissions California Climate Change Vehicles 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

In a white paper released at a National Press Club briefing, Secretary Mineta detailed his support for such policies—i.e., Our policy leaders continue to pursue prescriptive technology policies in the hopes of solving all of our energy and emissions problems. Current fuel economy policy clearly demonstrates this fact.

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Standards Transportation Fuel Economy MPG 247

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

of Stanford University reported that reducing soot emissions from diesel engines and other sources could slow melting of sea ice in the Arctic faster and more economically than any other quick fix. Soot emissions are second only to carbon dioxide in promoting global warming, but its effects have been underestimated in previous climate models.

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EPA Diesel Carbon Russia 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2017

A new white paper from a team at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) assesses the growing US electric vehicle market and the factors that are driving it, with a focus on the 50 most populous US metropolitan areas. Expansion of electric vehicle options is a prerequisite to market growth.

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Market San Jose Kansas City Minneapolis 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2014

As described in their white paper, “Evaluation of state-level US electric vehicle incentives”, the researchers found that some of the states with the largest electric vehicle incentives—i.e., The ICCT team first monetized the direct incentives by evaluating the effective benefit available to consumers—e.g.,

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Sale PHEV District of Columbia North Dakota 374

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2010

The staff of the California Air Resources Board has posted the expert review reports of the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) technical analysis. Instead don’t we want to know what percentage of the on-road fleet are ZEVs in 2050, as this will help determine the GHG emissions? Four external experts—Dr.

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Hydrogen PHEV Grid Emissions 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Switching from diesel fuel to natural gas may hold advantages for the US heavy-duty trucking fleet, but more needs to be done to reach the full environmental benefits, according to a new white paper released by the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, and Rice University.

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Gas Fleet Economy Davis 150

Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

With the staff of the California Air Resources Board suggesting that the regulations for zero emission vehicles need to be revamped, the board will now conduct a public meeting to determine whether a so-called ‘ZEV II’ will get the green light.

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California Emissions Vehicles Sacramento 36

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2011

A recent white paper by Leslie Bromberg of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Wai K. It is a high octane fuel with combustion characteristics that allow engines specifically designed for methanol fuel to match the best efficiencies of diesels while meeting current pollutant emission regulations.

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Transportation Fuel Coal Gasoline 257

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2013

North American environmental regulators should consider taking action on particle number (PN) limits as a complement to their already world-best PM mass standards, according to a new report released by the Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association (MECA). —“Ultrafine Particulate Matter White Paper”.

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EPA Diesel Gasoline Emissions 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2011

The proposals are also intended to reduce Europe’s dependence on imported oil and cut carbon emissions in transport by 60% by 2050. Achieving this will require a transformation in Europe’s current transport system, the white paper notes. By 2050, key goals will include no more conventionally-fuelled cars—i.e.,

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Transportation Emissions Fuel CO2 225

Creative Greenius

JANUARY 12, 2009

Dr. Hansen wrote both a personal letter to President elect Barack Obama as well as a pdf white paper that you can download and read for yourself and don’t let anyone tell you you can’t. Coal emissions must be phased out rapidly. Miss a carbon tax payment on emissions? We have numbers on what they owe.

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