Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Trend in emissions of air pollutants from transport in EEA-32: PM 2.5 , CO, SO x , NMVOC, NO x. Transport in Europe is still responsible for damaging levels of air pollutants and a quarter of EU greenhouse gas emissions, despite some progress in reducing the impacts from transport. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge.

Pollution 247

Pollution Europe Parts 2010 247

Teslarati

MARCH 13, 2023

The State of Maryland followed in the footsteps of California today by banning all new gas vehicle sales by the model year 2035. Maryland aligned with the California Air Resource Board (CARB) vehicle standards in 2011 and is one of seventeen states in the U.S. state to ban the sale of new gasoline cars by 2035.

Maryland 98

Maryland Gas Sale Vehicles 98

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2020

The California Air Resources Board will launch its Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project ( CORE ) at the Port of San Diego on 31 January. Businesses interested in buying or leasing clean, heavy-duty, off-road equipment through CORE can receive point-of-sale vouchers of up to $500,000 per vehicle/piece of equipment.

San Diego 186

San Diego Clean Cleaning Climate 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2020

DEC considers PEJAs to be communities of color or low-income communities that experience a disproportionate share of environmental harms such as vehicle emissions and pollution. The transportation sector is currently the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in New York, representing approximately 34% of the state’s total emissions.

New York 327

New York New Jersey Long Beach Scrappage 327

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2018

The UK House of Commons has released a new report on air pollution that calls for urgent action by national leadership to bring about a step change in how the problem of air quality is tackled. Air pollution cuts short an estimated 40,000 lives across the UK each year, costing an annual £20 billion (US$28 billion).

Pollution 170

Pollution Sale Cleaning Clean 170

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The California Air Resources Board approved $28 million in Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) funding to support two popular statewide incentive programs aimed at bringing the cleanest vehicle technologies to low-income and underserved communities. billion to date for clean-transportation projects in California.

Clean 345

Clean Cleaning Cars California 345

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Under this report’s “ZEV Future” scenario, 100% of the new car sales and approximately 65% of all cars on the road are assumed to be ZEVs by 2050 in the 10 ZEV States. Under this scenario, the estimated total health and climate change costs associated with passenger vehicle fleet pollution drops from to $37 billion annually to $15.7

Climate 150

Climate Cost Of Rhode Island Transportation 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Reducing airborne pollution at the Ports of L.A. Three of the eight trucks will go to United Parcel Service for its port operations while two of the eight trucks will go to Total Transportation Services, another prominent port operator. —Andrew Lund, chief engineer, Toyota Motor North America Research and Development.

Los Angeles 546

Los Angeles Kenworth Long Beach Toyota 546

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2018

As the state adds more variable renewable energy to the grid, these resources—electric vehicles, distributed energy resources and community choice aggregators—represent a challenge to the traditional energy management system but also provide opportunities for us to manage a more efficient and cleaner grid.

Grid 186

Grid California Energy Renewable 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In 2020, independent global emissions testing company Emissions Analytics reported that pollution from tire wear can be 1,000 times worse than what comes out of a car’s exhaust. NEEs are currently believed to constitute the majority of primary particulate matter from road transport, according to Emissions Analytics. Earlier post.)

Standards 418

Standards Manufacturer Exhaust Emissions 418

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Representatives of an eight-state partnership to develop and to support the market for zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) joined California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary D. Zero-emission vehicles are vital to Massachusetts’ efforts to cut air pollution from the transportation sector and stimulate growth in the clean energy economy.

Maryland 268

Maryland Sale Massachusetts Rhode Island 268

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2021

—Bob Carter, Executive Vice President, Sales, Toyota Motor North America. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is supporting the project with a matching grant of $41.1 Partners operating the trucks are Toyota Logistics Services (TLS), UPS, and trucking companies Total Transportation Services Inc.

Los Angeles 397

Los Angeles Hydrogen Fuel Toyota 397

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Three of the most popular plug-in hybrids in 2020 all emitted more CO 2 than advertised when tested in the real world, according to tests commissioned by European environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E). Our tests show that even in optimal conditions, with a full battery, the cars pollute more than advertised.

Plug-in 243

Plug-in CO2 Plug Emissions 243

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2014

A study by a team from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) shows that state electric vehicle incentives are playing a significant early role in reducing the effective cost of ownership and driving electric vehicle sales. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. —Jin et al.

Sale 374

Sale PHEV District of Columbia North Dakota 374

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2020

The vision for the Colorado Electric Vehicle Plan 2020 is the large-scale transition of Colorado’s transportation system to zero-emission vehicles, with a long-term goal of 100% of light-duty vehicles being electric and 100% of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles being zero emission. BEVs and PHEVs currently on the road in Colorado.

Colorado 414

Colorado Electric Vehicles Vehicles Electrical 414

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2011

A national phone survey by the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) found that a majority of Americans would support higher taxes for. transportation, under certain conditions. Linking a transportation tax to environmental benefits can strongly increase support. support tax increases for transportation as they were in 2010.

Tax 210

Tax Transportation Mileage Tax San Jose 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment. Modern Truck Scenario.

Oil 150

Oil Transportation Alternative Fuels Fuel Economy 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2021

The inaugural Assembly Bill (AB) 2127 Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Assessment examines charging needs to support Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order requiring sales of all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035 including battery electric and fuel-cell technologies. In addition to the 1.2

Installation 221

Installation California Grid Plug-in 221

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2017

Sales of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) in China—battery-electric and plug-in hybrid—suddenly soared 343% in 2015 to about 331,000 units—more than 3 times the number sold in the US that year. China and US PEV sales. The 10% sales tax on vehicles is waived for PEVs. Beijing accounts for almost 10% of PEV sales.).

China 150

China Sale 2015 Plug-in 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2016

A new study by consultancy Roland Berger defines an integrated roadmap for European road transport decarbonization to 2030 and beyond; the current regulatory framework for vehicle emissions, carbon intensity of fuels and use of renewable fuels covers only up to 2020/2021. GHG abatement in road transport sector will cost approx.

Emissions 150

Emissions Transportation Fuel Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding of $2,605,370 for clean transportation projects. These incentives help to pay the difference between the cost of conventional gasoline- or diesel-powered vehicles and new vehicles that use less-polluting propane or natural gas. West Coast Bus Sales, Inc.,

Los Angeles 218

Los Angeles California Clean Cleaning 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

Through a California Public Utilities Commission approved program, the utility is able to offer a reduced price by returning revenue generated from the sale of Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits to customers. The transportation sector is responsible for 41% of GHG emissions and 80% of smog forming pollution.

Price 223

Price Fuel Gas Gas-Electric 223

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2020

Depletion of fossil energy resources [kg oil-eq.]. Depletion of metal resources [kg iron-eq.]. Up to now, when it comes to the environmental impact of different means of transportation, arguments are still too often based on ill-founded results with biased assumptions behind them. Depletion of fresh water reserves [m 3 ].

Mariner 435

Mariner Climate Change DC Cars 435

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2016

They then make recommendations that governments can follow to move past hype to support significant AFV adoption and displace fossil fuel use in the transportation sector. Fossil fuels still account for 95% of US transport energy use. Media attention for all alternative fuel vehicle technologies for 1980–2013. Metlon et al.

Transportation 150

Transportation Fuel Alternative Fuels Plug-in 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced that California Climate Investments in zero-emission vehicles have reached $599 million since 2013, putting hundreds of thousands of ultra-clean cars, and entire fleets of zero-emission trucks and buses on California roads and highways.

California 150

California Sale Long Beach Climate 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2017

and California Air Resources Board (CARB) Chair Mary D. The lab is a partnership established in 2014 between UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies and the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC). California accounts for more than 50% of sales in the United States. California Governor Edmund G.

California 186

California China Davis Chinese 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2014

Geiger and Alberto Salvo, formerly with Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and now an associate professor of economics at the National University of Singapore, is the first real-world trial looking at the effects of human behavior at the pump on urban air pollution. Their paper appears in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Ozone 316

Ozone Gasoline Pollution Gasoline-Electric 316

Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

Like the new emissions standards for passenger cars recently confirmed, these rules do not mandate EVs, but do set much tougher emissions targets that will likely lead to more EV sales. ” And the federal government is once again a step behind California, which aims to mandate electric-truck sales by 2045. .”

EPA 40

EPA Emissions Gore Climate Protection 40

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2022

The California Air Resources Board approved the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) rule. ACC II establishes the next set of LEV criteria and ZEV requirements to reduce emissions of criteria air pollutants (including precursors) and GHGs from light- and medium-duty vehicles in California further.

PHEV 195

PHEV Emissions California Cleaner 195

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2017

The research, led by the International Council on Clean Transportation and Environmental Health Analytics, LLC., The research, led by the International Council on Clean Transportation and Environmental Health Analytics, LLC., —Josh Miller, researcher at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).

Diesel 230

Diesel International Emissions Ozone 230

Plug N Drive

AUGUST 22, 2024

Bringing electric vehicle (EV) education and test drives to Calgarians supports local and global efforts to encourage the adoption of low-carbon vehicles and transportation infrastructure to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and create healthier communities.

Canada 49

Canada Mitsubishi Gas-Electric Emissions 49

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2009

Washington Governor Chris Gregoire and legislative leaders have introduced a Green Jobs and Climate Action legislative package that proposes investments totaling $455 million in the next biennium for energy-reducing transportation projects, energy efficiency projects, green buildings and clean-energy technology.

Washington 150

Washington Climate Transportation Climate Change 150

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In response, Ethiopia’s Transport and Logistics Ministries have announced that automobiles cannot enter Ethiopia, unless they are electric. (!) According to a news update from the parliament, Alemu Sime, the Ethiopian Minister for Transport and Logistics, announced the completion of the nations Logistics Master Plan Monday.

Ethiopia 52

Ethiopia International Africa Cars 52

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2013

Under such circumstances, there will be a battle between coal and NG in many sectors, particularly the on-road transport sector, which is exclusively petroleum-dependent but currently facing a worldwide oil shortage. China recently launched several EV demonstration programs (e.g., Earlier post.] —Huo et al.

Coal 231

Coal Pollution China Gas 231

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2012

A scatter plot of CO, as a tracer for pollution, versus CO 2 , as a tracer for the amount of combustion, for 2002 and 2010. The magnitude of the drop in VOC levels was surprising, even to researchers who expected some kind of decrease resulting from California’s longtime efforts to control vehicle pollution. ppbv/ppmv to 10.7

Los Angeles 285

Los Angeles Gasoline Ozone 2002 285

Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. The book represented a watershed moment, selling more than 500,000 copies in 24 countries, and beginning to raise public awareness and concern for living organisms, the environment and links between pollution and public health. In India too, demand for EVs is accelerating.

Emissions 52

Emissions Pollution India Climate 52

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As the second-most populous country in the world and one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels, India is making significant strides in adopting electric vehicles (EVs) as a solution to combat climate change and reduce air pollution. One of the main advantages is the significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

India 98

India Auto Future Electric 98