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Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

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—Janelle London, co-author of the report. Consumption would be calculated by using total miles driven by the current owner, years owned, and the EPA fuel economy rating. It’s more equitable as well as more efficient to give these drivers the biggest incentives to switch to EVs.

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Fisker Ocean production capacity ramping to 300 units per day in Q4; 3,123 customer vehicles built

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Fisker Lounges and Center + locations have opened in Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, London, Munich, and Oslo – with more retail, delivery, and service operations planned for expansion in key regions in the coming months. Additional plans will be announced soon.

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Tesla says ‘nearly half’ of the vehicles it produced in Q1 equipped LFP batteries

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As a result of our energy efficient motors, a Model 3 with an LFP battery pack can still achieve a 267-mile EPA range.” Nickel costs skyrocketed following a short squeeze on Nickel on the London Metals Exchange, which shot the cost of a metric ton of the metal up $70,000, from $30,000 to $100,000.

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All-Electric Rolls-Royce Phantom To Awe 2012 London Olympics?

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liter V-12 engine, and an EPA rating of 13 mpg city / 19 mpg highway--it's [ahem] just not that green. We almost never mention the 2010 Rolls-Royce Phantom here on GreenCarReports.com. That's because--at three tons, with 453 horsepower from its 6.7-liter Well, Rolls-Royce is looking ahead.

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Model Fuels Consortium and Reaction Design developing predictive modeling software for soot particle size and number

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A paper published at the end of October by the National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA) urging the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) quickly to implement Tier 3 emission and fuel regulations noted that: ultra-fine (UF) particles have recently attracted significant scientific and medical attention.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

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In a simultaneous—and video linked—unveil in New York, London and Beijing, BMW introduced the production version of its i3 battery-electric vehicle on Monday. Although not a solid comparison due to drivecycle differences, the new Chevy Spark EV is EPA-rated for electricity consumption of 0.28 Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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FedEx Converts 92 Delivery Trucks to Hybrids, Expanding Hybrid-Electric Fleet by 50%

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ISB EPA 07 200-hp (149 kW) EGR diesel engine and Eaton hybrid-electric system, with Li-ion batteries for energy storage. In London, FedEx operates liquid petroleum gas (LPG) sprinter vans, which reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 12 percent. The baseline engine for earlier FedEx hybrids was a 5.9L, 6-cylinder, 175 hp Cummins ISB.

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