Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The California Air Resources Board released GHG emissions data for 2018 showing that emissions remain below 1990 levels but are effectively flat compared to 2017, while the economy grew by 4.3%. These programs cover transportation fuels, industrial emissions, vehicle emissions and emissions from electricity generation.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

To reduce CO2 emissions, many countries signed the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate, pledging to cut their emissions by certain targets. In recent years, vehicle emission standards have also seen significant advancements, with a marked decrease in CO2 emissions and an increase in fuel economy. Want to learn more?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In addition, MAHLE is presenting its newest systems solutions for battery electric drives, fuel cells and cleaner combustion engines which can also be fueled with hydrogen. This development was sponsored by the Federal Ministry for the Economy and Climate Protection (BMWK). Earlier post.). MAHLE flat membrane humidifier.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2021

Industrial gases leader Air Products, and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., This development is consistent with Air Products’ growth strategy of executing global megaprojects that enable a transition to a cleaner, more sustainable energy future. The project relies on an innovative combination of well-established technologies.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 10, 2024

The new rules were announced on Friday and stipulate that average fuel economy for passenger cars should increase by 2 percent per year for the 2027-2031 model years. But those targets had received quite a bit of pushback from the industry. Light trucks are supposed to see the same increase between MY 2029 and 2031.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The largest one-year emissions drop California has ever achieved was at the height of the Great Recession in 2009, when climate pollution fell 6.1%. The fact is, we’ve never come anywhere near cutting emissions five percent in a single year in a period of economic stability—and yet, in order to meet our climate goal by 2030, we have to.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2020

The European Union adopted strategies for energy system integration and hydrogen, paving the way “towards a more efficient and interconnected energy sector, driven by the twin goals of a cleaner planet and a stronger economy.”. The EU Strategy for Energy System Integration will provide the framework for the green energy transition.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The logistics industry is currently responsible for 11 percent of global carbon emissions. To fight against climate change, the transport sector needs true decarbonization. It meets the criteria of the Renewable Energy Directive 2 (REDII) of the European Union and is a product of a sustainable circular economy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Cleaner, quieter, fully-electric commercial transport also creates opportunities for expanded morning and late-night operations, helping cut traffic congestion during peak hours. Cities prioritizing sustainable urban development can leverage electrified transport solutions to help improve air quality and reduce traffic noise.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

CARB, in partnership with CALSTART, launched HVIP and Low NO x Engine Incentives in 2009 to accelerate the purchase of cleaner, more-efficient trucks and buses in California. In total, the program has helped more than 1,500 California fleets buy cleaner vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Climate Leadership, Economic Prosperity” is the first Canadian study to show regional impacts on employment and gross domestic product, and the first to comprehensively examine how Canada can meet a greenhouse gas reduction target for 2020 that goes beyond the federal government’s target. Tags: Canada Climate Change Policy.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 28, 2024

A recent UN report paints a stark picture of the global climate crisis, attributing much of the crisis to fossil fuel pollution. Embracing the urgent call to combat climate change, India has set an ambitious timeline for Net Zero transition. India’s economy, boasting a 7.3%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

A new program funded by proceeds from California’s cap-and-trade program aims to encourage the turnover of California’s school bus fleet to zero-emission and cleaner-burning school buses. The cap-and-trade program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

The European Commission has adopted a package of proposals to make the EU's climate, energy, land use, transport and taxation policies fit for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels ( Fit for 55 ). It has brought down emissions from power generation and energy-intensive industries by 42.8%

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EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is arguably the most significant piece of climate legislation the United States has ever seen, including significant investments in clean energy and consumer incentives to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption. How the IRA will help tackle climate change.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2018

The state’s latest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory shows that California emitted 429 million metric tons of climate pollutants in 2016—a drop of 12 million metric tons, or three percent, from 2015. The carbon intensity of California’s economy has dropped 38% since the 2001 peak and is now one-half the national average.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Currently, global production of low-carbon hydrogen is minimal, its cost is not yet competitive, and its use in promising sectors such as industry and transport remains limited—but there are encouraging signs that it is on the cusp of significant cost declines and widespread global growth, according the IEA’s Global Hydrogen Review 2021.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2011

The many new and expanded strong policy initiatives and green targets in China’s 12 th Five year Plan, released on 5 March 2011, provide “ clear evidence ” that China’s low-carbon policies remain global best-in-class, according to a new report from DB Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA). in the prior 11 th Five Year Plan.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced that California Climate Investments in zero-emission vehicles have reached $599 million since 2013, putting hundreds of thousands of ultra-clean cars, and entire fleets of zero-emission trucks and buses on California roads and highways.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2018

The researchers set out a framework for gathering and analyzing local information about how cities contribute to pollution levels, and show how these insights could be used to target climate mitigation initiatives most effectively. Total CO 2 emissions of 182 Chinese cities. Shan et al. 6, eaaq0390 doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaq0390.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The report is the culmination of MITEI’s three-year Mobility of the Future study, which is part of MIT’s Plan for Action on Climate Change. areas of inquiry: The potential impact of climate change policies on global fleet composition, fuel consumption, fuel prices, and economic output.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2017

Achieving the 2030 target under the proposed plan will continue to build on investments in clean energy and set the California economy on a trajectory to achieving an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Mobile Source Strategy (Cleaner Technology and Fuels Scenario). Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

In order to envision what may lie ahead, it’s key to understand how the EV industry was evolving up until the novel Coronavirus outbreak. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down the world as we know it and the automotive industry is no exception. EVs were experiencing rapid growth before the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

California’s Climate Protection Strategies do not help meet NAAQS Standards. This, industry observers believe, can be achieved in the near term, and certainly prior to the 2023 deadline to achieve the 80 ppb ozone NAAQS. An 80% reduction of GHG emissions is targeted for 2050, relative to 1990 levels. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2011

The US Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of California have announced a single timeframe for proposing fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for model year 2017-2025 cars and light-duty trucks. L/100km) if all reductions came from fuel economy improvements. mpg US (6.9

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

The mean cost of cost of climate change for the four countries—Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam—under a “business-as-usual” scenario and if market and non-market impacts and catastrophic risks are all considered could be equivalent to losing 6.7%

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2018

Administrator Pruitt also announced the start of a joint process with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to develop a notice and comment rulemaking to set revised GHG emissions standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. The Obama Administration’s determination was wrong. This decision takes the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2014

Due to strong federal and state emissions standards, the average new car has gotten 43% cleaner since 1998. Honda continues to lead the way in many vehicle classes, but it has started to lag the industry average in its midsize fleet—which includes its best-selling Accord, and accounts for a quarter of the company’s sales.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2019

Volkswagen is thus fully committed to the Paris climate targets. Volkswagen is seeking to provide individual mobility for millions of people for years to come—individual mobility that is safer, cleaner and fully connected. The targets of the Paris Agreement are our yardstick. —Dr. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2020

We know a circular economy with renewable energy is the path, and we have positioned ourselves to be the alternative energy capital of the world. It not only solves our air quality and climate challenges by producing pollution-free hydrogen. That’s why our partnership with SGH2 is so important. This is game-changing technology.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. C to 2 °C above pre-Industrial Revolution levels. Reductions in Emissions.

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My Energi

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

This is especially remarkable in a cooling global venture capital climate. But as other countries enact increasingly ambitious climate packages such as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the USA, and the Net Zero Industry Act in the EU, the UK must go further and faster to maintain competitiveness.

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Electric Vehicles India

OCTOBER 28, 2021

“These projects are exactly the type of research the federal government should invest in to decarbonize our energy system, modernize our infrastructure, support the growing domestic clean energy industries, and combat climate change.”. “As Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY). “I’m

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The growth of global industrialization, increasing demand on energy resources and rising carbon emissions are deepening the need for energy infrastructure that is increasingly green, distributed, flexible, and resilient. Grid balancing and resilience is not a challenge borne out of our transition to a net-zero carbon economy.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

It’s getting cleaner and prospects are improving BY TIM BENFORD: PRESIDENT OF DRIVE ELECTRIC DAYTON, PAST VICE-PRESIDENT OF ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? /km,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

That means new jobs, cleaner water and air—and a working model for other states, and the nation, to use as we gear up to fight climate change and make our economy more competitive and resilient. of revenue is expected to cover the majority of the Cap-and-Trade-related costs these industries. billion to $22.6

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