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Global Fuel Economy Initiative Releases Roadmap Report on Achieving 50% Fuel Economy Improvement in LDV Fleet by 2050

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has estimated that fuel consumption and emissions of CO 2 from the world’s cars will roughly double between 2000 and 2050. Main additional measures would be full hybridization of a much wider range of vehicles (possibly including, but not requiring, plug-in hybrid vehicle technologies).

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Study concludes significant additional transport policy interventions will be required for Europe to meet its GHG reduction goal

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The TOSCA data covering all major transportation modes and its explicit treatment of uncertainty suggests a new study is justified which looks at what range of reductions in emissions is possible over different scenarios and uncertain input values. They then estimated emissions based on fleet composition. —Dray et al.

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IEA technology and policy reports outline paths to halving fuel used for combustion-engined road transport in less than 40 years

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The policy package includes a new fuel economy readiness index, which measures the extent to which countries have implemented steps that will fully exploit the potential of existing fuel economy technologies and maximise their use in vehicles. Plan: this is the longest phase in developing fuel economy policies. Policy package.

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California ARB mods to ZEV regulations for IVMs would result in ~1.9% drop in total ZEV/TZEV units 2018-2025; no impact on air quality requirements

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Early in September, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced it would consider in a 23-24 October meeting amendments to the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulation that would modify the requirements for intermediate volume manufacturers (IVMs) selling into the state to allow them more time to come into the market. Earlier post.).

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Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

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In coming months, the plan notes, the Department of Transportation will work with other agencies to further explore strategies for integrating alternative fuel vessels into the US flag fleet. The proposed solicitation will cover a broad range of advanced fossil energy projects. A Federal Quadrennial Energy Review.

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Study Finds That Implementation of a Portfolio of Transportation Strategies Will Be Required for Significant Reductions in GHG from Transportation Sector; Pricing Strategies Have the Largest Potential

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per gallon fuel tax by 2050) could result in an additional reduction of 28% in GHG emissions. The Moving Cooler baseline extrapolated these projections further to 2050, resulting in a potential doubling or greater of fleet fuel efficiency. Strong economy-wide pricing measures (such as a $5.00 Moving Cooler. percent to 3.6

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kWh Billing and New EV Charging Tax Policies: What You Need to Know

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or geothermal resources for sale for heat, light or power, or for the furnishing of telephone service, sewerage facilities or water. kWh tax in January 2024, with an exemption for chargers with less than 50kW capacity (Level 2 chargers range from 7.2-19.2kW, In Pennsylvania , there is an existing alternative fuel tax in effect.

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