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MARCH 4, 2014

At the Geneva Motor Show, Toyota Motor Europe (TME) announced that European sales of hybrid vehicles reached an all-time high in 2013 totaling 156,863 units, up 43% year-on-year. In 2013 total Toyota Motor Europe sales reached 847,540 vehicles, an increase of 9,569 units from 2012, equalling a 0.2 Hybrid models now represent 18.5%

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LS 600H Europe 2013 Sale 199

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JANUARY 18, 2010

European automakers are striving to comply with EU CO 2 norms (average fleet emissions less than 130 g/km by 2015) to avoid penalties. (As Staggered implementation: 65% to comply with requirements in 2012; 75% in 2013; 80% in 2014 and 100% in 2015. Eco-innovations will count for up to 7 grams of manufacturers’ fleet targets.

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2015 Downsizing CO2 Climate Change 186

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MARCH 19, 2013

This first report (Phase I) examines only the impact of improving the efficiency of fossil-fueled vehicles, in which efficiency gains are delivered by the improvement of the internal combustion engine vehicle, including lightweighting, engine downsizing and hybridization.

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Cost Of 2020 Fuel CO2 261

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MAY 17, 2013

Relative changes in vehicle energy efficiency (VEE) (km/MJ) on ethanol/gasoline blends over those on gasoline for different blending levels. Several recent highly cited LCAs that have incorporated vehicle efficiency differences between gasoline and ethanol/gasoline blends could potentially be misleading. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Energy Gasoline-Electric Gasoline 210

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APRIL 2, 2010

As part of its program, EPA is establishing a system of averaging, banking, and trading (ABT) of credits, based on a manufacturer’s fleet average CO 2 performance. Each manufacturer will have its own fleet-wide standard which reflects the vehicles it chooses it produce. 2012; 2013 3014 2015 2016. Passenger cars. mpg US (EPA).

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EPA Standards Light PHEV 236

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

Electric supercharging provides a cost-effective technology for controlling emissions without increasing fuel consumption. The latest Euro VI emission standards, for example, comparable in stringency to US 2010 standards, became effective in 2013. Phil Bush, technology manager at Eminox. —Andy Dickinson. Earlier post.)

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Vehicles Exhaust Emissions Diesel 150

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

However, transitioning soon to electric drive could lower manufacturers’ compliance costs by as much as €500 (US$532) per vehicle in 2025. In 2013 the European Parliament recommended an “indicative range” of 68–78 g/km for 2025, while holding out the possibility that even lower targets should be considered if justified.

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CO2 2014 Cars Exhaust 150