Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

The studies use case studies to demonstrate the co-benefits of tackling climate change in four sectors: electricity generation, household energy use, transportation, and food and agriculture. Carefully choosing how we reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have the added benefit of reducing global health inequities. —Kirk R.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In an open-access report in the journal Environmental Pollution , researchers from UCLA and the University of Chicago estimate that California’s wildfire carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) emissions from 2020 (~127 mmt CO 2 e ) are approximately two times higher than California’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions since 2003.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the already widely-discussed (albeit without much detail) “Clean Power Plan” proposal, which mandates a national average 30% cut in greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants from 2005 levels by 2030. EPA is only proposing goals for states with fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Electric vehicle (EV) production remains at barely perceptible levels, according to the report. 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.

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EV Connect

AUGUST 29, 2022

Electric public transportation is essential to creating cleaner, greener cities. The Environmental Impact of Gas-Powered Public Transit To get a clear picture of the potential benefits of electric public transportation, we first have to consider the costs and negative effects of our current reality.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2012

EIA’s AEO2012 projects a continued decline in US imports of liquid fuels due to increased production of gas liquids and biofuels and greater fuel efficiency. 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. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

President Obama’s plan, which sidesteps the need for Congressional involvement by relying on a wide variety of executive actions, has three main components: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the US. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the US. of greenhouse gas emissions to 3% by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

Total subsidies for renewable energy stood at $66 billion in 2010 (a 10% increase from the year before); the total value of global fossil fuel subsidies is estimated at between $775 billion and more than $1 trillion in 2012, Two thirds of the renewable energy subsidies went to renewable electricity resources and the remaining third to biofuels.

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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 more aggressive CT2 begins in 2020 at $50 per ton and reaches $1,400 per ton in 2050. Rudokas, Paul J.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In order to reduce dependence on oil resources, improve the global energy structure, and reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, vehicle electrification has become a major trend. And by 2030, it will reach the goal of having 500,000 public electric vehicle charging points in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2015

It is designed for one thing only: to get its rider from point A to point B reliably and safely at low speeds while sipping gas. But with so much attention being given to the issues of pollution and climate change, Honda knows the writing is on the wall for the internal combustion engine. Not until 2020 at the earliest.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Sales of battery-powered electric vehicles are 65% lower in the AEO2013 Reference case than the year before, with annual sales in 2035 estimated to be about 119,000. Reductions in battery electric vehicles are offset by increased sales of hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles, which grow to about 1.3 million, or less than one-half the 2.9

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

Just over 85% of mined oil shale was used to produce electricity and heat generation; the rest was turned into shale oil, retort gas and other valuable chemicals. Estonia is also working to halve energy sector-related CO 2 emissions in 2020 from the 15.7 of global and 17% of European reserves. million tonnes emitted in 2007.

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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

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. Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Steam Generating Units. up to 1,700 heart attacks. 90,000 asthma attacks. Subcategory.

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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. Source: “Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”. Within the EU, it cites examples from France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Denmark.

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EV Connect

MAY 3, 2021

As the number of electric vehicle drivers grows, EV charging stations can attract people to your retail or mixed-use property. This may encourage EV drivers and, subsequently, reduce air pollution. The Number of EV Drivers Are Growing Exponentially In many states, the number of EV drivers continues to double each year.

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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.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. and “Is your electricity bill reasonably affordable?”

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

As a comparison, 314 Exajoules is more than three times the annual energy supply in the United States in 2005, which is also a similar level of supply on the Continent of Europe according to various government and independent sources. Wind energy, including on- and offshore systems.

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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. Doing so is deadly.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

We both know that 20% of California’s electric power is used just to move water from the North down here to the South and all the other places it goes. So not only is climate change-driven drought cutting our fresh water supply, but the way we use water here also adds to our greenhouse gas emissions.

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EV Connect

MAY 16, 2022

For drivers, one question has become increasingly important: Should I go electric? More automotive manufacturers are developing electric vehicles, and some countries have vowed to ban sales of gas-powered vehicles. The future, indeed, seems electric. That’s to say nothing of pollution and climate change.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

Volvo Cars CEO Jim Rowan boldly proclaims that electric vehicles will reach price parity with internal-combustion-engine (ICE) vehicles by 2025. Not so fast, exclaim researchers at Stanford University, who state that charging EVs during the day is actually cheaper, better for the grid, and healthier for the environment. Join the crowd.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

We are all stampeding towards an electric vehicle future. For example, President Obama has issued the United States the challenge of having one million plug-in hybrids on the road by the end of 2015—a goal which many keynote speakers supported but also identified significant barriers to achieving. Earlier post.)]. 27.5 / 22.2.

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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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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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EV Match

AUGUST 12, 2021

Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, accounting for 29% of all emissions. Vartan: EV100 is a global initiative led by the international nonprofit the Climate Group, which brings together companies committed to making electric transport the new normal by 2030.

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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. Driving that timeline is the shift to electric vehicles, which the Administration wants to account for 50 percent of all new cars sold by 2030.

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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. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. Focusing on all-electric, Nissan-Renault partnership with Better Place for EVs.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 29, 2021

Electric bus revolution . They are also a great contributor to air pollution which results in poor air quality. Let us further discuss about Electric bus revolution. . Not only the government but manufacturers also bringing in EVs for the growth of electric vehicles. Global electric bus market sales.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2020

Under the rule, new vehicles will continue to be required to meet the Clean Air Act’s strict criteria pollutant standards. These standards will become more stringent for each model year from 2021 to 2026, relative to the MY 2020 standards.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2018

In summary, the preferred alternative of the proposed rulemaking would freeze the requirements at the MY 2020 level through MY 2026. Under his reckless scheme, motorists will pay more at the pump, get worse gas mileage and breathe dirtier air. This would result in an average fuel economy for passenger cars of 43.7 Increase from 789.11

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In August 2018, EPA and US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust the Congressionally-mandated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Graham recently declared, “ Economy-wide cap-and-trade is dead. ”

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

To get there, the draft presents several targets for emission reductions from developed countries, ranging from 25% to 45% below 1990 levels by 2020. The European Union (EU) is committed to a 20% cut in emissions by 2020. A ballpark figure could be on the order of US$ 250 billion in 2020.

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