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JUNE 30, 2009

The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. The resulting new national standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5

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APRIL 17, 2012

FedEx Ground, Purolator, and UPS each purchased an evaluation vehicle with assistance from CALSTART through a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE). As a result, fuel use can be reduced by 40% or better fuel economy based on route profile. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 17, 2013

Colorado State University will retrofit two internal delivery trucks with fuel-efficient hydraulic hybrid systems, paid for by a grant from the Colorado Energy Office. The University anticipates the systems will save it up to $1,700 a year each in fuel and maintenance costs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Lightning Hybrids’ hydraulic hybrid system on the vehicle, featuring a Ford F59 chassis and Morgan Olson Route Star walk-in van body, enhances fuel efficiency while significantly reducing emissions. The company’s system decreases NO x emissions by up to 90% and enhances fuel efficiency by up to 30%. Fleets Hybrids Hydraulic Hybrid'

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JUNE 29, 2016

The ERS has demonstrated improvements of 25% in fuel efficiency, and significantly reduced tailpipe emissions. In addition to these emissions reductions, the Kiessling fleet will see decreased fuel use, longer brake life, better low-end torque, and lower maintenance and operational costs. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 21, 2011

To assist in bringing the HEV devices to market, ALTe and Inmatech have submitted grant applications through various federal funding agencies including the Department of Energy. Should the grants receive final approval, the JV will be able to accelerate product development and production operations to facilitate sales in early 2014.

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JUNE 19, 2014

Lightning also outlined a diesel replacement scenario being considered by the rental car shuttle fleet. The Lightning Hybrids gasoline HHV also improves both power and fuel economy when compared with a conventional gasoline vehicle. Fleets Hybrids Hydraulic Hybrid'

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MARCH 15, 2017

In coordination with EPA, the DOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is evaluating its fuel economy standards for that period. In 2012, EPA and NHTSA set joint greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards over a decade in advance for MY 2022-2025.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

The final standards are projected to result in an average industry fleet-wide level of 163 grams/mile of CO2 in model year 2025, which is equivalent to 54.5 l/100 km), if achieved exclusively through fuel economy improvements. Earlier post.).

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MAY 19, 2009

The resulting new standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 However, there will not be an exact one-to-one correspondence between the two standards—GHG and fuel economy—which will be the foundation of the national program.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Chrysler Group LLC, working in partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE), will deliver 10 demonstration fleet Ram 1500 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) pickup trucks to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). The grant, totaling $48 million from DOE and $49.4 Earlier post.). kW on-board charger.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Fleets tested Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 tractors for three years: Here’s what they learned. Large commercial trucks and other heavy equipment have run on diesel fuel for many decades now. Requirements for more aggressive emission after-treatment and the hardware to achieve that add cost and complexity for fleet operators.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

Cischke cited the recent agreement on one national standard for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions regulations as an example of how the government, the auto industry and the environmental community can work together toward common goals. The agreement provides a framework to reach an average fuel economy standard of 35.5

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MARCH 21, 2013

ALTe Powertrain Technologies (ALTe), developer of a range-extended plug-in electric hybrid vehicle (PHEV) powertrain for light commercial fleet vehicle applications ( earlier post ), will establish a new commercial vehicle manufacturing Joint Venture with the Henan Benma Company (Benma) in the Henan province of China. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 20, 2015

Although alternate power systems received much focus in the propulsion category, innovations to increase the fuel economy of internal combustion engines were also an area of intense interest and innovation. Engines Fuel Efficiency Market Background Vehicle Manufacturers'

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AUGUST 18, 2009

All 21 of Ford’s fleet of plug-in hybrid Escapes eventually will be equipped with the vehicle-to-grid communications technology. Electric vehicles are an important element of our strategy for improving fuel economy and reducing CO 2 emissions. This grant will be matched by Ford. Ford also will receive a $62.7

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JANUARY 28, 2012

The Odyne plug-in hybrid drive system reduces fleet operating and maintenance costs, and depending on duty cycle, enables large trucks to obtain significant fuel economy improvements compared to traditional diesel engines. Manufactured by DUECO, Inc. ComEd received a $1.5

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JUNE 30, 2014

EDI’s solution can improve the fuel economy of a conventional CNG-powered medium-duty truck by more than 40%, the company said. EDI’s announcement came simultaneously with a grant approval for the combined partnership by the California Energy Commission of funding from its Energy Research and Development Division.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 30, 2009

The previous government in New Zealand may have proposed a fuel economy standard, but now the new government has announced it will not proceed with those plans. Tags: Green cars Latest news fuel economy fuel economy standard New Zealand. km to 203.8g/km km in the first half of this year.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Then, Chrysler announced that it intended to apply to the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant, which would enable Chrysler to establish a nationwide demonstration fleet of zero-emission electric minivans that could be used by the US Postal Service for mail delivery.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released their long-expected notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust the Congressionally-mandated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

The previous round of LoNo funding, announced in February 2015, awarded $55 million in grants to ten organizations nationwide. million available in LoNo grant funds, a minimum of $3.0 In addition to their environmental benefits, LoNo transit buses will, in the long run, help transit agencies save money on fuel and maintenance costs.

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JANUARY 22, 2012

REL received a $150,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research Grant (Award Number: 1142640 ) from the National Science Foundation to develop the initial product design, material and manufacturing process for a one-piece functionally graded hybrid (fiber/particle) reinforced aluminum alloy matrix automobile brake rotor.

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MARCH 7, 2018

The project will build and install diesel-fueled two-stroke compression-ignition Achates Power Opposed-Piston Engines into Class 8 demonstration trucks that will be road-road ready in 2019 and operate in fleet service in California in 2020. We also deliver a significant fuel economy improvement. —Dave Johnson.

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AUGUST 13, 2009

million grant to develop a fully integrated, production plug-in hybrid system for Class 2 – 5 vehicles (8,501 – 19,500 lbs gross vehicle weight), and the accompanying demonstration of a fleet of 378 plug-in hybrid trucks and shuttle buses. Eaton Corporation’s truck and electrical businesses will support a $45.4 Earlier post.)

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Green Cars News

JULY 2, 2009

The US state of California has been granted a waiver request enabling it to enforce its own greenhouse gas emissions standard for new cars starting with the current model year. The end point of the two standards in 2016 is roughly the same - the MY2016 new vehicle fleet is approximately 243g/CO2 per mile, around 36.6mpg.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Under the proposed standards, the average GHG emission performance of the 2016 Canadian fleet of new cars and light trucks would match the average level of 155 g CO 2 /km (250 gCO 2 /mile) that has been projected for the US. This would represent an approximate 20% reduction compared to the new vehicle fleet that was sold in Canada in 2007.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The Pennsylvania Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) program has awarded Axion Power International, Inc. The $800,000 ($799,932) first-year grant, which was announced by Governor Edward Rendell on 29 January, is part of the State’s overall effort to invest in businesses that are creating clean energy and biofuels technologies.

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MARCH 22, 2010

Chrysler Group was selected for a US Department of Energy (DOE) grant of up to $48 million as part of a $2.4 An overall fuel economy improvement more than 65% is expected for average drive cycles. to supply the Li-ion batteries for the Ram PHEV test fleet. That vehicle will debut in late 2010. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Incentives could include purchase incentives, tax rebates, off-peak charging rates, preferential and/or free parking, and grants for charging infrastructure installation, all designed to encourage a significant penetration of electric transportation solutions.

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OCTOBER 18, 2009

The commitment came as part of a grant under the United States Department of Energy’s Clean Cities program and was funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The hydraulic hybrid improves fuel economy in three ways: recovered braking energy; improved engine efficiency; and its engine-off feature.

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APRIL 23, 2009

Achieving these multiple objectives will require a portfolio of new fuels and vehicle technologies including electric drive and fuel cell vehicles, low-carbon biofuels, gasoline and diesel vehicles with far greater fuel economy, and natural gas and propane vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The van design and driver ergonomics will be specifically configured to meet the requirements of commercial vehicle fleet operators such as Royal Mail and DHL (both of whom have already provided initial input to the project). Plug-in Car Grant. The Government also set out the eligibility criteria for its Plug-in Car Grant.

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APRIL 23, 2014

The tenth competition under the Low Carbon Vehicles Innovation Platform’s integrated delivery program (IDP), IDP10 is targeting the building of an integrated low-carbon-vehicle innovation chain, from the science base, through collaborative R&D to fleet-level demonstration. million) of which has come from the Technology Strategy Board grant.

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JANUARY 28, 2008

Here is the outline of what the bill intends to do: SECTION 131 TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION SEC 131 Transportation Electrification DOE to establish competitive grants for electric vehicles and PHEVs to encourage early widespread use and advance production of electric (And PHEV) vehicles in USA. $90

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MARCH 27, 2015

This reduces friction, and increases efficiency and fuel economy. Drivers can run the AC for more than an hour without turning the engine on, resulting in significant reductions in fuel consumption. Fleet: Schneider, Walmart. Engines Fleets Fuel Efficiency Heavy-duty'

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