Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship, introduced the EC’s CARS 2020 Action Plan aimed at reinforcing the European automotive industry’s competitiveness and sustainability heading towards 2020. of around 16% of GDP to as much as 20% by 2020. —“CARS 2020”.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

The major driver of increased production and sales are the emerging economies, especially China. China, for instance, wants to put 5 million plug-in hybrid-electric and fully electric vehicles on its roads by 2020, which could account for more than 40% of the global EV fleet that year. mpg US) for 2020. million to 78.6

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

The greatest impact in reducing petroleum consumption and pollutant emissions is had by investing in efficiency technologies that benefit all powertrains, especially the conventional diesels that comprise the majority of the stock, instead of incentivizing specific alternatives. Askin, Garrett E. Barter, Todd H. West, Dawn K. 2015.02.005.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Established by Assembly Bill 1657 in September 2020, the Commission was created to explore opportunities and challenges surrounding lithium recovery from geothermal brines in Imperial County as world demand soars. Known Geothermal Resource Areas (KGRA)in Imperial County, California.

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Plug in America

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In his visionary words, “It is the policy of my Administration to organize and deploy the full capacity of its agencies to combat the climate crisis to implement a Government-wide approach that reduces climate pollution in every sector of the economy.”. This is beyond great news, and it has been a long time coming.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2016

China aims to have five million new energy vehicles on the road by 2020, and has focused on electrification of buses and logistics vehicles to achieve that goal. Too, automakers in China must meet increasingly strict fuel consumption standards, reaching 5 liters per 100 kilometers (47 mpg US) by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2012

Net petroleum imports as a share of total US liquid fuels consumed drop from 49% in 2010 to 38% in 2020 and 36% in 2035 in AEO2012. million barrels per day in 2020, a level not seen since 1994. million barrels per day in 2035, driven by growing demand in China, India, the Middle East and other developing economies.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

However, reform has been hampered by concerns over how higher fuel prices will affect the broader economy—potentially disrupting key sectors like transport, industry and agriculture—and the ability of poor citizens to cope with higher prices. in 2020 and 5.8% that year compared with having subsidy rates unchanged.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2010

The move to greater fuel economy means greater labor content per vehicle and higher employment across the fleet. By 2020, the US job gain relative to 2008 could be as little as 49,000 or more than 150,000. Of the more than 190,000 jobs anticipated by 2020, the number of domestic jobs created could vary greatly.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

new appliance standards and CAFE) and changes in the way energy is used in the US economy. quadrillion Btu in 2035, as a result of fuel economy improvements achieved through stock turnover as older, less efficient vehicles are replaced by newer, more fuel-efficient vehicles. million, or less than one-half the 2.9 than in AEO2012.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2015

They used CMAQ (community multiscale air quality model) to analyze the impact of emissions changes from the different policies on regional air quality in 2050 in the contiguous United States. The CT1 and CT2 scenarios, applied economy-wide and in nominal dollars, are intended to represent an upper and lower end of carbon tax options.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Should the United States follow through with its stated intention to leave the Paris Agreement in 2020, the outcome could worsen, the report says. Substantial emission reductions due to fuel economy standards for passenger cars are already included in the current policy scenario. Transportation. GtCO 2 in 2030: 9.42

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

State and federal public officials should resist the temptation to pick winners and losers, to let politics and fads enter the debate, or to engage in centralized planning in a highly complex industry. Current fuel economy policy clearly demonstrates this fact. Impact of different sales mix on new car average fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2014

In a pair of studies using real-world driving conditions, scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) found that hybrid cars are significantly more fuel-efficient in India and China than they are in the United States due to traffic and driving conditions in those countries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

Estonia is also working to halve energy sector-related CO 2 emissions in 2020 from the 15.7 Estonia’s latest technological breakthrough could catalyse a new approach to exploring the vast global reserves of this fossil fuel frequently perceived as a significant pollutant, the IEA article suggests. million tonnes emitted in 2007.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Thus the recent boom in battery recycling—and readers’ interest in this story on how the industry is expanding beyond China and South Korea and into the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. Solar-to-Hydrogen Tech Sees "Remarkable" Efficiency Jump Another big development in the energy sector is the return of the hydrogen economy.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

With so many of the items we interact with in our daily lives — from soaps and fertilizers to pharmaceuticals to petrochemicals — deriving from products of the chemical industry, the sector has become a major source of economic activity and employment for many nations, including the United States and China. exports (US $220 billion).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2013

Aspirational targets among seven countries participating in the Electric Vehicle Initiative would see growth from just under 2 million EV and PHEVs to just under 20 million by 2020. In 2012 the German government declared a goal of having one million EVs registered by 2020. Source: “Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”. Click to enlarge.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 25, 2021

CO2-emission restrictions have a big impact on market conditions because they challenge automakers to make more fuel-efficient cars and the incentives from the state, such as buying price discounts and tax cuts, have a significant impact on market demand. billion in April 2020 to subsidise the installation of charging stations. #3.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2015

The 2030 target is in alignment with the Administration’s earlier economy-wide emissions targets, including the goal of reducing emissions to 17% below 2005 levels by 2020 and to 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025. State-specific CO 2 goals reflecting the CO 2 emission performance rates.

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EV Match

DECEMBER 22, 2022

There are billions of dollars of electric vehicle (EV) charging incentives throughout the United States. These incentives are offered by the federal government, state governments, local jurisdictions, and electric utility companies in hopes of boosting the installation volume of EV chargers across the nation. Station Locations.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

ºF) above pre-industrial levels to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, and that global GHG emissions would have to peak around 2020 and then sharply decline by 50% to 85% by the year 2050. That is what matters, and that matters to the whole world ” [ 7 ].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2016

The Draft Action Plan puts forward a single shared vision to improve the efficiency of California’s freight system while reducing its pollution, while continuing to bolster the competitiveness of California’s goods movement system nationally and internationally. Improve freight system efficiency 25% by 2030.

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Hyperloop enthusiasts say that Hyperloop might be less expensive and faster than train or car travel, as well as less expensive and less polluting than air travel. At the moment, the earliest any Hyperloop is scheduled to be operational was 2020, but most services are expected to be delayed due to ongoing experiments with the technology.

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Plug in America

MARCH 22, 2024

These rules set progressively lower limits on tailpipe pollution on vehicles manufactured between 2027 and 2032. In fact, to address smog and pollution in many U.S. In fact, to address smog and pollution in many U.S. EPA has been regulating vehicle pollution for over 50 years. EPA standards aren’t new.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

In 2023, just under 60% of new electric car registrations were in the China, just under 25% in Europe, and 10% in the United States – corresponding to nearly 95% of global electric car sales combined. In the United States , new electric car registrations totalled 1.4

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Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

EVs will/will not create more pollution than they eliminate. For example, in January 2023 the sales of EVs in the United States reached 7.83 Shifting the auto industry, an apex industry supporting a host of others to meet a new knowledge economy around EVs will be no easy task.” Join the crowd.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 4, 2023

For electricity generation, this means the United States alone needs to increase renewable-energy capacities by 10 times over the next 12 years , which roughly translates to a mind-boggling 400,000 more wind turbines and 2.5 They use this data to monitor river pollution and rein in pollution sources.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. Implementing an EV national policy that aims to transform the economy is an exercise in mind-boggling complexity. Currently, permitting takes up to ten years in the United States.

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EV Match

AUGUST 12, 2021

Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, accounting for 29% of all emissions. EVmatch: What are the biggest steps that are needed to electrify transportation in the United States? To be net zero by 2050, we must globally move towards zero-emission transportation—and fast.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

In one of the first comprehensive assessments of the fuel economy standards in the United States, researchers from Princeton University and the University of Tennessee found that, over their 40-year history, the standards helped reduce reliance on foreign oil producers, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and saved consumers money.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

While there’s no doubt that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has set back the automotive industry in what was to be a crucial year for the electric vehicles (EVs) market , EVs have an important role to play in reshaping the future as many people are already lobbying for sustainable ways to rebuild the economy when the pandemic ends.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2020

The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule setting corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and CO 2 emissions standards for model years 2021-2026 passenger cars and light trucks.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 29, 2021

They are also a great contributor to air pollution which results in poor air quality. Facts and Factors new research report says the global electric bus market sales were estimated at 135 thousand units in 2019 and is expected to reach 600 thousand units by 2026. Electric bus revolution . School bus electrification.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. criteria pollutants. -Ed.] Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history. Red Herring ).

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