Automobile Manufacturer, Climate Change and Fleet

ACEA study finds 100-fold increase in zero-emission trucks needed in EU fleet in 10 years to meet goals

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2021

A new study by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has found that there are currently 6.2 Just some 2,300—or 0.04% of the total fleet—are zero-emission trucks. million trucks, Poland has the largest truck fleet, followed closely by Germany (1,010,742) and Italy (946,393).

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Fleet Emissions Greece Poland

Study concludes that sugar cane-based biorefineries producing ethanol and electricity could power a global auto fleet of hybrids and EVs using only 4% of available cropland

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Number of cars (world and US), amount of gasoline consumed, amount of ethanol equivalent required for a neat ethanol fleet, ethanol and electricity to power hybrid fleet, and sugar cane area for hybrid fleet. These energy consumption figures equate to a US fleet comprised of 143 million hybrid and 86 million electric vehicles.

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Fleet Available Hybrid Powered

Growing Number of EU Countries Levying CO2 Taxes on Cars and Incentivizing Plug-ins

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APRIL 21, 2010

At present, 17 of the 27 EU Member States levy CO 2 -related taxes on passenger cars, and 15 governments provide tax incentives for electrically chargeable vehicles, according to the newly published European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) Tax Guide 2010. Generally, registration taxes threaten fleet renewal.

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Tax Plug-in Latvia Czech Republic

Potsdam/TUB/BMW report says cap-and-trade instrument for road transport fuels combined with vehicle efficiency metrics is the most promising policy approach to reduce transport GHG

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

The respective responsibilities of the actors will be more precisely defined with an emission trading for fuel producers and efficiency regulation for automobile manufacturers. Fuel producers must reduce the CO 2 content of their fuels; automobile manufacturers must increase the efficiency of their products.

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Transportation Fuel Automobile Manufacturer Climate Change

European automakers and fuel suppliers argue for diesel as they call on policy makers to accelerate fleet renewal

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JULY 8, 2015

Diesel cars, having significantly lower CO 2 emissions per kilometer, are essential to manufacturers’ efforts to reach the EU’s 2021 CO 2 fleet average targets and thereby help reduce road transport CO 2 emissions and mitigate climate change.

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Diesel Fleet Renewable Fuel

DOT, EPA Set National Standards for Fuel Economy and First Greenhouse Gas Emission Levels For Light-Duty Vehicles

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APRIL 1, 2010

Starting with 2012 model year vehicles, the rules together require automakers to improve fleet-wide fuel economy and reduce fleet-wide greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 5% every year: NHTSA has established fuel economy standards that strengthen each year reaching an estimated 34.1 Final Regulatory Impact Analysis.

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Fuel Economy EPA Economy Light

NHTSA Sets MY 2011 CAFE Standards; Estimates Industry-Wide 27.3 mpg

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MARCH 27, 2009

The target for each footprint is the same for all manufacturers, regardless of differences in their overall fleet mix. In addition, per EISA, each manufacturer’s domestic passenger fleet is required in MY 2011 to achieve 27.5 NHTSA estimates that the figures for MY 2011 passenger cars will be 30.2 mpg (369 g/mi).

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2011 MPG Standards Industrial

US EPA and NHTSA Jointly Propose New Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Regulations for Vehicles

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

They represent a harmonized approach that will allow industry to build a single national fleet that will satisfy both the GHG requirements under the CAA and CAFE requirements under EPCA/EISA. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy. Preliminary regulatory impact analysis. Draft environmental impact statement.

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Fuel Economy EPA Economy Gas

EPA and NHTSA Issue Notice of Intent to Develop New Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Economy Standards for Light-Duty Vehicle Model Years 2017-2025; Proposal Expected by 30 Sep 2011

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

GHG levels from the MY 2016 fleet-wide average of 250 g/mi, using different technology pathways to achieve the reductions. In recent months, the agencies have had important discussions with many individual automobile manufacturers and other stakeholders, and our intention is to continue such discussions. Earlier post.).

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Fuel Economy EPA 2017 Economy

BMW Group makes sustainability and efficient resource management central to its strategic direction

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JULY 28, 2020

I firmly believe the fight against climate change and how we use resources will decide the future of our society—and of the BMW Group. For a fleet of around 2.5 In this way, the BMW Group aims to ensure its partners fight climate change with the same determination and impact as it does itself.

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BMW Emissions Fully Electric Climate Change

EC proposes 95 grams CO2/km target for new cars by 2020, 147 grams for light vans; super credits for cars below 35g

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JULY 11, 2012

In response, Ivan Hodac, Secretary General for the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) said that the proposal to reach a fleet-average target of 95 gCO 2 /km for cars and 147 gCO 2 /km for vans by 2020 will remain extremely challenging.

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2020 Light CO2 Cars

Waxman/Markey Bill Accelerates Infrastructure and Build-out for Plug-Ins, Calls for Harmonization of Motor Vehicle GHG Standards; 3% of Emissions Allowances for Cap-and-Trade Go to Auto Industry

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MAY 17, 2009

The bill is structured into four primary titles: Title I: Clean Energy; Title II: Energy Efficiency; Title III: Reducing Global Warming Pollution (the cap-and-trade bill); and Title IV: Transitioning to a Clean Energy Economy (which also includes a section on adapting to climate change). Electric Vehicle Infrastructure.

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Plug-in Plug Standards Auto Industry

IEA technology and policy reports outline paths to halving fuel used for combustion-engined road transport in less than 40 years

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Internationally co-ordinated programmes involving governments and automobile manufacturers will help trigger a faster development and uptake of new technologies in the 2020 time frame and beyond. Lower costs are ultimately passed on to consumers and reduce the overall cost of achieving energy security and climate change goals.

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Fuel Economy Fuel Transportation Engine

Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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APRIL 5, 2011

Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. Closer to home, the federal fuel economy standards require the average fleet fuel economy of OEMs that sell vehicles in the USA to be 35.5 ” A very clear, time-bound, one nation goal. mpg by 2016. Source: EIA.

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Renewable West Virginia Energy USA

Fraunhofer, KIT study finds CO2 mitigation potential of higher-range PHEVs greater than expected

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The data are taken from fleet trials and automobile manufacturers as well as websites used by drivers to manage and monitor their own vehicles. For significant ongoing CO 2 eq improvements of PHEVs—and particularly of BEVs—the decarbonization of the electricity system needs to continue, the researchers said.

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PHEV Kits Range CO2

Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits

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JUNE 10, 2011

The new report, part of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2011 series, examines the key factors that could result in a more prominent role for natural gas in the global energy mix, and the implications for other fuels, energy security and climate change. Support for methanol fueling infrastructure should also be considered.

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MIT Gas Climate Gas-Electric

Automakers whine about €15B fine they knew they’d risk for pushing gas cars

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

At issue are Europe’s 2025 CO2 targets, and a penalty calculated based on fleet average CO2 emissions per automaker. These companies risk a fine of a few hundred euros per car if their fleet emissions remain at 2023 levels. By 2025, automakers are supposed sell vehicles with average emissions of 93.6g/km km or lower.

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Gas Cars CO2 Climate Change

EV Driven

ACEA study finds 100-fold increase in zero-emission trucks needed in EU fleet in 10 years to meet goals

Study concludes that sugar cane-based biorefineries producing ethanol and electricity could power a global auto fleet of hybrids and EVs using only 4% of available cropland

Growing Number of EU Countries Levying CO2 Taxes on Cars and Incentivizing Plug-ins

Potsdam/TUB/BMW report says cap-and-trade instrument for road transport fuels combined with vehicle efficiency metrics is the most promising policy approach to reduce transport GHG

European automakers and fuel suppliers argue for diesel as they call on policy makers to accelerate fleet renewal

DOT, EPA Set National Standards for Fuel Economy and First Greenhouse Gas Emission Levels For Light-Duty Vehicles

NHTSA Sets MY 2011 CAFE Standards; Estimates Industry-Wide 27.3 mpg

US EPA and NHTSA Jointly Propose New Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Regulations for Vehicles

EPA and NHTSA Issue Notice of Intent to Develop New Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Economy Standards for Light-Duty Vehicle Model Years 2017-2025; Proposal Expected by 30 Sep 2011

BMW Group makes sustainability and efficient resource management central to its strategic direction

EC proposes 95 grams CO2/km target for new cars by 2020, 147 grams for light vans; super credits for cars below 35g

Waxman/Markey Bill Accelerates Infrastructure and Build-out for Plug-Ins, Calls for Harmonization of Motor Vehicle GHG Standards; 3% of Emissions Allowances for Cap-and-Trade Go to Auto Industry

IEA technology and policy reports outline paths to halving fuel used for combustion-engined road transport in less than 40 years

Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

Fraunhofer, KIT study finds CO2 mitigation potential of higher-range PHEVs greater than expected

Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits

Automakers whine about €15B fine they knew they’d risk for pushing gas cars

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