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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 22, 2019
ExxonMobil said extended its support of the MIT Energy Initiative’s (MITEI) low-carbon energy research and education mission by renewing its status as a founding member for another five years. ExxonMobil first signed on as a member of the initiative in 2014.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
The researchers ultimately find that continued technological innovation is necessary and must be accompanied by cross-sector policies and changes to consumer behavior in order to meet Paris Agreement targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Armstrong, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT. —MITEI Director Robert C.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
In a study published in the journal Energy Economics , MIT researchers have found that a fuel economy standard is at least six to fourteen times less cost effective than a fuel tax when targeting an identical reduction in cumulative gasoline use (20% by 2050). —Karplus et al. Paltsev, M. Babiker, J.M. 2012.09.001.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2010
A new MIT report outlines a system-oriented set of coordinated policies to help the light-duty vehicle sector reduce petroleum-based consumption and its accompanying global warming emissions. The study was supported in part by the MIT Energy Initiative. A national strategy for alternative fuels should be developed.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 25, 2009
Normalized well-to-wake GHG emissions for low-, baseline- and high-emission cases for jet fuel pathways under different land use change scenarios. The focus of the work was on alternative jet fuels that could be available commercially in the next decade using primarily North American resources. From Hileman et al.
Clean Fleet Report
JULY 9, 2022
A study conducted by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) compared the lifetime costs of owning a gas-powered vehicle versus that of owning an eco-friendly vehicle. Average Monthly Costs of Hybrid, Electric, and Gas-Powered Cars. Hybrids and EVs can cost you less.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 20, 2009
The MIT Energy Initiative has released a new report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants. There is no credible pathway toward prudent greenhouse gas stabilization targets without CO 2 emissions reduction from existing coal power plants. Professor Ernest Moniz, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI).
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