Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2023

Every year tens of thousands of containers of production material destined for Volvo Cars factories are carried across the world’s oceans on container ships. —Javier Varela, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO Volvo Cars has been working on this initiative together with its logistics partners Maersk, Kuehne+Nagel and DB Schenker.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The European Parliament approved the new CO 2 emissions reduction targets for new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, part of the “Fit for 55” package. Intermediate emissions reduction targets for 2030 are set at 55% for cars and 50% for vans. It makes sustainable driving accessible to everyone.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2021

Average emissions from new passenger cars in Europe increased for the third consecutive year in 2019, reaching 122.3?grams million new cars were registered in 2019 in the EU, Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom, and about 38% of these were SUVs. In 2019, average CO 2 emissions from all new cars reached 122.3 g CO 2 /km.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The CO 2 -reduced steel is then used at BMW Group Plants Spartanburg and San Luis Potosí, Mexico to create car bodies for BMW vehicles. The plan is to use the steel in series production of cars at the BMW Group’s European plants from 2026 onwards.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

By 2025, the Volkswagen Group wants to reduce the ecological footprint of cars and light utility vehicles along the entire value chain by 30% relative to 2015. Audi is also supporting the Swiss start-up with its technological know-how, such as for the development of new heat exchanger concepts.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2019

The analysis covered 23 markets in Europe and found a direct correlation between diesel car registrations and average CO2 emissions. The total value of CO2 emissions was on a steady decline from 2007, but started to slowdown in 2016 as the fall reduced from -4.1 g/km, and an 8% drop in demand for diesel cars.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2021

million passenger cars according to EPA calculations. The project was primarily funded through the Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC) by the US Department of Energy – National Energy Technology Laboratory with the goal to confirm the ability of the Mt.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2022

By 2030 we aim to reduce CO2 emissions from production by 80 percent compared to 2019, — Milan Nedeljkovi?. Examples include the resource-saving wet-in-wet painting process (IPP) and the use of direct current in car body construction for the first time. Saving resources significantly benefits the company economically.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2022

The European Council has agreed to raise the targets for reducing CO 2 emissions for new cars and new vans by 2030 to 55% compared to 1990 for cars and to 50% for vans. The Council also agreed to introduce a 100% CO 2 emissions reduction target by 2035 for new cars and vans—i.e.,

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Volvo's CO2-footprint deep dive on its latest EV shows some takeaways for anyone going electric. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Ford looks to AR to educate its F-150 Lightning reservation-holders. And Kia shows a boxy electric SUV in its future.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2020

Since 1975, the test-cycle fuel economy of light-duty vehicles (passenger cars and light trucks) sold in the U.S. This step provided a limited validation of both the EPA’s new car fuel economy estimates and the FHWA’s total on-road light-duty vehicle fuel economy estimates. Greene et al. has almost doubled.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2022

Volvo Cars is the first car maker to sign up to the SteelZero initiative , which aims to increase demand for fossil-free steel and accelerate a transition to carbon neutrality in the global steel industry. Volvo Cars is the first car maker to work with SSAB and HYBRIT, an advanced project in fossil-free steel development.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2023

If a definitive agreement is reached, the project is expected to capture and mineralize up to 50,000 metric tons of CO 2 per year, the equivalent to carbon emissions from nearly 11,000 passenger cars.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2022

The European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) adopted this week, with 46 votes in favor, 40 against and two abstentions, a position on proposed rules to revise the CO 2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans in line with the EU’s increased climate ambition.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 6, 2023

A strong SUV market is leading to higher oil demand today, and may make future carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions targets harder to achieve, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). New IEA analysis found that global CO2 emissions from SUVs reached nearly 1.1 SUVs are.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In the long term, Audi is pursuing the vision of CO2-neutral mobility and aims to be climate-neutral throughout the company on balance by 2050. Audi is focusing on the electric car, which has the best carbon footprint of all drive systems in the largest markets over its entire service life. Earlier post.). —Audi CEO Bram Schot.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Plug-in hybrids are fake electric cars, built for lab tests and tax breaks, not real driving. Our tests show that even in optimal conditions, with a full battery, the cars pollute more than advertised. Governments should stop subsidising these cars with billions in taxpayers’ money.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2022

Elevators use electricity to lift the elevator car up to the top floor of the building, and some elevators convert the potential energy stored in the lifted car back into electricity for the grid as the car is lowered to another floor.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2019

According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU) in 2018 increased for the second consecutive year, reaching 120.4 On average, the CO 2 emissions of diesel cars (121.5 grams of CO 2 per kilometer. g CO 2 /km.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2021

In Germany, green electricity procurement is ensured not only for the passenger car production plants, but for all Daimler locations. —Jörg Burzer, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG for Production and Supply Chain Management.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2020

The global decrease in emissions has been triggered primarily by changes in numbers of cars and other vehicles on the road (the surface transport sector - which also includes shipping) leading to a 36% decrease in emissions, equivalent to 7.5 megatonnes (5.9 carbon dioxide.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

BMW on Thursday announced a new effort to reduce its overall carbon footprint through the use of new materials, while also teasing a concept car that will put some of those ideas into action. The automaker hopes to reduce lifecycle carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions 40% by 2030, a company press release said.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

New research has shown how much trouble some top brands including Ford, Nissan, GWM and even Toyota could find themselves because of Australias new CO2 emissions reduction scheme if they dont transition to electric vehicles quickly enough. billion in 2029. READ MORE: Which is best for the environment: EV or ICE?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2020

With “Ambition2039”, Mercedes-Benz Cars aims for a carbon-neutral new passenger car fleet in less than 20 years. In parallel with the recording of emissions data, Mercedes-Benz Cars is conducting workshops with suppliers in order to identify effective CO 2 reduction measures. Volvo Cars and FCA have also joined.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

Since the end of 2018, R33 Blue Diesel has been the only diesel fuel that Bosch company filling stations offer for company cars and internal delivery vehicles. The supply of conventional Super 95 E10 gasoline will then be gradually phased out. R33 Blue Diesel is also becoming available at regular filling stations in Germany.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The researchers also took into account data on company cars that had been provided by fleet managers. For company cars, the deviation is even four times the official values. For company cars, an average UF of 63% for NEDC and approximately 20% for real-world driving was found.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The European Council agreed on setting a target of a 35% average reduction in CO 2 emissions form new cars by 2030. Average CO 2 emissions of new passenger cars registered in the EU will have to be 15% lower in 2025 and 35% lower in 2030, compared to the emission limits valid in 2021. The benchmark for cars for 2030 was raised to 35%.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 20, 2022

Hyundai is working on a cheap electric small car. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volkswagen shifts its top U.S. executive over to Scout. Solid-state batteries could help give EVs a lighter carbon footprint. And GM confirms electric police vehicles.

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The Driven EV News

APRIL 17, 2024

New real-world data from the EU shows plug-in hybrid vehicle emissions are actually much closer to the average petrol car than car companies claim. The post Toyota’s plug-in hybrids emit four times more CO2 than company claims appeared first on The Driven.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2020

The average car stays on the road for over eight years; meaning that even if the whole world switched to buying 100% electric cars tomorrow, it would still take almost a decade for today’s internal combustion engines to be off the road. The ability to create gasoline from air, cost competitively with fossil fuels, is a game changer.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2018

Average CO 2 emissions generated by new cars in Europe increased during 2017—the first rise in 10 years— according to a new analysis by JATO Dynamics. Data for 2017 shows that diesel cars registered in the market had a CO 2 emissions average of 117.9 g/km, compared to gasoline cars, which had an average of 123.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

Vehicle fuel economy improvements have slowed globally, according to the latest report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI): Fuel Economy In Major Car Markets: Technology And Policy Drivers 2005-2017. —“Fuel Economy In Major Car Markets: Technology And Policy Drivers 2005-2017”.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 7, 2025

Based on an EU filing, a few automakers plan to pool carbon emissions with electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla to comply with the European Unions 2025 rules on CO2 emissions. The automakers seeking to pool CO2 emissions with Tesla include Stellantis, Toyota, Ford, Mazda, and Subaru. The Teslarati team would appreciate hearing from you.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Summary The EU’s 2025 Car CO2 target is reachable and feasible After years of stagnant EV sales due to the lack of new car CO₂ targets, carmakers will face stricter standards in 2025, following the last targets set. T&E analyses the strategies that manufacturers are expected to use to comply.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2020

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

At its first digital ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) Conference for investors and analysts, Mercedes-Benz announced aims to at least halve CO 2 emissions per passenger car over the lifecycle by the end of this decade compared to 2020 levels. Additional CO2 savings are expected to be achieved through further measures—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2020

Electrification of the global vehicle fleet, which now totals over 1 billion cars and trucks, or conversion of vehicles to use novel fuels like hydrogen, cannot proceed quickly enough to address the climate crisis.

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