Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2015

Industry compliance in 2012 was 11 grams/mile better than required.) EPA’s GHG emissions standards cover light-duty vehicles from model year 2012 to 2025. The majority of manufacturers, representing more than 99% of US sales, are in compliance with the standards for both the 2012 and 2013 model years.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

The majority of the carbon and oil savings from current vehicles is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies, the report observed. The final MY 2013 adjusted, real world CO 2 emissions rate for all light-duty gasoline and diesel-fueled vehicles is 369 g/m—a 7 g/mi decrease relative to MY 2012. mpg higher than MY 2012.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2012

It concludes that GM, Ford and Chrysler will likely enjoy the biggest percentage increase in profits (6.3%), pulling in an extra $2.44 The final rule is expected in mid-2012. The Detroit 3—Ford, Chrysler, and GM—would also likely see an improvement over baseline vehicle sales by about 4% or 300,000 vehicles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Photos First drive: Chevy Volt test A few laps behind the wheel of an early version of GMs electric car shows the strengths - and possible weaknesses - of the technology. While Chrysler has still not officially announced any of these details, the carmakers viability plan listed an "EV Roadster" as a future product for 2010.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 7, 2021

EPA standards meant to incentivize EV production are phasing out By Peter DouglaS: Member, Electric Auto Association. Electric vehicles (EVs) play an important role helping automakers keep in compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions standards. Gasoline consumption increased from 3.2

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

Chrysler Group LLC provided some more detail on its revamped powertrain lineup—outlined in November 2009 ( earlier post )—that applies technology that will contribute to an overall fuel-efficiency improvement of more than 25% during the 2010-2014 period. Another addition to the Chrysler Powertrain lineup is the new 2.4-liter,

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car By G. Phil Bredesen spent part of Earth Day last week test-driving a Nissan prototype all-electric vehicle at the automakers U.S. Coming to public in 12 Nissans first electric car is to go into corporate and government fleets beginning in late 2010.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The plug-in hybrid version of the Jeep Wrangler offers useful all-electric range and great electric torque—if drivers plug it in. The accelerating pace of electric vehicle launches has brought us to this: The first Jeep in the US to get a plug-in hybrid version is the legendary Wrangler. The two couldn’t be more different.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2009

A bipartisan group of US legislators, led by Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-17), have introduced legislation that would require half of all light-duty vehicles (LDVs) made or sold in America by 2012, and 80% by 2015, to be “fuel choice-enabling” vehicles. Mid-range ethanol blends. The Open Fuel Standards Act ( H.R.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2013

The E-JET concept range extended electric vehicle from GAC. At least two Chinese automakers are bringing some of their new energy vehicles—hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric—to two of the major international auto shows in the first quarter of this year. Click to enlarge. Guangzhou Automobile Group Co.,

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms." This is especially important for electric and hybrid vehicles which can be difficult to hear at lower speeds due to their drive mechanism.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 11, 2009

YOU KNOW THE times are a changin’ when you see Republican senators like Richard Lugar turning out for the launch of an electric vehicle. We interviewed Senator Lugar in DC recently — as we caught the Capitol Hill debut of Bright Automotive’s Idea — a plug-in hybrid electric delivery vehicle.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

EPA proposal likely to slow EV adoption By PETER DOUGLAS: MEMBER, ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. Unfortunately, it may not be what the electric vehicle (EV) industry needs at this juncture. The Trump Administration weakened the stringency of the program , rolling back the annual increases to just 1.5 billion barrels.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

EPA proposal likely to slow EV adoption By PETER DOUGLAS: MEMBER, ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. Unfortunately, it may not be what the electric vehicle (EV) industry needs at this juncture. The Trump Administration weakened the stringency of the program , rolling back the annual increases to just 1.5 billion barrels.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Volt is, and always has been, more than than an electric car. GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 Thats short-sighted.

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Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

To get an idea of how the process of reinvigorating US emissions and fuel economy standards is likely to proceed, Charged spoke with Margo Oge, who served as the Director of the EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality from 1994 to 2012. You have the state of California [saying that] all new sales should be electric in 2035.

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