Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2012

Vehicle efficiency improvements via effective standards and policies could reduce annual CO 2 e emissions from the US, China, and the EU by 1.3 The US, China, and the EU could reduce their combined annual CO 2 emissions by 1.3 Similar policies can trigger comparable innovations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they suggest.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2019

A team of researchers in China suggest that, in the context of promoting the use of clean fuel vehicles and increasing vehicle fuel efficiency, CO 2 emissions of China’s urban passenger transport sector could reach a peak of 225 MtCO 2 in 2030. A paper on their study appears in the journal Energy Policy. —Li and Yu.

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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

AUGUST 22, 2017

gigatons of CO 2 : three times Germany’s carbon-dioxide emissions in 2016. If the climate targets set by the Paris conference are to be achieved, CO 2 emissions from traffic worldwide will have to be reduced 50% over the next four decades, and by at least 85% in the advanced economies, Bosch notes. Bottom: Fuel pathways. Source: Bosch.

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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?. With its new plant in Debrecen, Hungary—where production of the all-electric Neue Klasse will launch in 2025—the BMW Group is entering a new era in sustainable automotive production.

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BMW CO2 Production Climate Protection 363

Teslarati

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Tesla will have a new addition to its CO2 pool in Jaguar Land Rover, which will help the latter company avoid hefty fines for not reaching target emissions goals set by the European Union. Schmidt writes that it would likely hurt the company’s financials to scrap its higher profitability vehicles just to meet emissions targets.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 30, 2021

By Eoin Bannon Official new data from the EU’s environmental watchdog (EEA) shows that the CO2 emissions of new cars decreased by 12% in 2020 to 107.8 grams of CO2 per km. Transport & Environment (T&E) said the sharp drop showed that ambitious EU car CO2 targets do spur carmakers to reduce their […].

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

Conventional automotive technologies have significant emission-reduction potential, according to a draft of the Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) latest report on automotive propulsion, Powering Autos to 2020. BCG finds that ICE technologies can reduce CO 2 emissions up to 40% at a cost as low as $50 per percentage of reduction.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 4, 2013

The environmental impact of plug-in electric cars is a hot topic right now, and a fiercely debated one at that. Musk tweeted, "Am seeing many poorly argued attacks on ''true'' CO2 impact of electric cars. A couple of weeks ago, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk pledged to dive into it himself.

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Electric Cars Emissions CO2 Tesla 158

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2020

In addition to the European car market recording tepid growth in 2019, CO 2 emissions have continued to increase, despite new regulation designed to curtail this, according to JATO Dynamics. Last year, the volume-weighted average CO 2 emissions for European markets were at their highest recorded levels since 2014.

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Emissions Diesel SUV 2014 221

Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Plug-in electric vehicles, including all-electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 5.5 The estimates used regional electric grid mixes and EV/PHEV registration locations.

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CO2 Plug-in Plug Emissions 129

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2020

2 -emissions-from-new-cars-vans-2019">According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom (UK), increased in 2019, for the third consecutive year. g CO 2 /km in total).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2012

The analysis, “Electric Cars: Ready for prime time?”, finds that the societal costs for electric cars and vans range from €7k to €12k (US$8,889 to $15,238) more than fossil-fueled equivalents. The current generation of electric cars represents a significant improvement over previous ones.

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Electric Cars Fuel Range Cars 273

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2011

Norway Post has signed a contract to purchase 20 Transit Connect Electric vehicles, with an option to order more vehicles in the future. Norwegian Post is the largest provider of mail and logistics services and the biggest employer in Norway; the organization is targeting a 30% reduction in its CO 2 emissions by 2015. Norwegian Post.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 4, 2024

On July 3 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that General Motors (GM) agreed to retire approximately 50 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) credits to resolve excess CO2 emissions identified through EPA’s light-duty vehicle in-use testing program. This agreement is the result of an EPA investigation that.

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CO2 EPA GM Emissions 124

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 1, 2022

How much CO2 can electric cars really save compared to diesel and petrol cars? To answer this question, we have developed a tool (see below) that compiles all the most up-to-date data on CO2 emissions linked to the use of an electric, diesel or petrol car.

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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. Clearly we aren’t switching to 100% electric vehicles tomorrow, so that’s not fast enough.

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Gasoline Carbon Conversion BMW 321

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2022

According to Salzgitter AG, this will enable more than 95% of CO 2 emissions in steel production to be saved in future on the basis of hydrogen and renewable energies. For Volkswagen, the reduction of CO 2 emissions in the supply chain is a key element in the Group’s strategy to gradually become a carbon-neutral mobility provider by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2012

BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer is calling for tax subsidies in Germany to help meet the federal government’s target of having 1 million electric cars on the road in eight years. Because of the high purchase prices for electric cars, there is a need for incentives.“for for example, the tax law.”.In for example, the tax law.”.In

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Tax BMW Germany Electric Vehicles 250

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2021

A decade ago, Nissan helped kick off the modern era of electric cars with the first-generation Leaf. But now the automaker is setting fairly conservative targets for emissions reductions. A Nissan press release said the automaker aims to achieve carbon neutrality for its operations and vehicle life cycles by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

million investment in 2015) in Carbon Recycling International ( CRI ), an Icelandic company which produces renewable methanol using recycled CO 2 emissions sourced from a local thermal power plant and hydrogen made by splitting water with electrolysis (Power-to-Methanol). Geely is a shareholder ($45.5-million Earlier post.).

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Iceland CO2 Gasoline Renewable 170

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. More reliable emission data.

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CO2 Cars Emissions 2018 207

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

All but three European car manufacturers met their specific emission targets in 2017, based on current European vehicle test rules. Nevertheless, average carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from new cars sold in the European Union in 2017 rose by 0.4g However, between 2015 and 2016, emissions decreased by only 1.5

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 21, 2022

Courtesy of Sigurd Magnusson, Senior Adviser, New Zealand Environment, Emissions and Adaptation Ministry of Transport | Te Manat? Waka The New Zealand government in May 2022 adopted its first Emissions Reduction Plan.

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New Zealand Emissions Climate Change CO2 145

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 12, 2021

By Paul Bell The EU and the UK risk wasting €27bn in battery investments if they fail to strengthen car and van CO2 emission standards, analysis from Transport & Environment (T&E) shows. Originally published on Transport & Environment.

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Waste CO2 Europe Battery 145

Teslarati

APRIL 14, 2022

A recent report from market trend analysis firm JATO Dynamics has revealed that Tesla’s strong sales in Europe, coupled with the introduction of more environmentally-friendly SUVs, have helped drive a 16% reduction in CO2 emissions among new vehicles sold across the region in 2021. km to 99g/km year-over-year. .

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CO2 Emissions Sale Tesla 102

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Further, they found that when the higher CO 2 eq emissions generated during the production phase of BEVs compared to PHEVs (due to the much larger BEV battery) are included in the analysis, a PHEV today shows higher CO 2 eq savings then BEVs compared to conventional vehicles. t of CO 2 eq) than for BEV (on average 2.6 t of CO 2 eq).

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 10, 2022

A new report, More EVs, Fewer Emissions, lays out strategies to maximize emissions reductions through optimized EV charging and provides clear recommendations for the transportation and power sectors.

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Emissions Electric Vehicles CO2 Charging 107

CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 4, 2022

He was most concerned that the car he had purchased because it was environmentally friendly might have turned out to be the antithesis of that? So, was more CO2 […]. By David Waterworth with Paul Wildman Recently, Paul Wildman, a well-educated friend of mine who also happens to own a Tesla, happened upon a TED talk.

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CO2 Emissions Purchase Tesla 98

CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Maintaining the ambition of the EU car CO2 standards, including the 2035 100% zero emission target is. continued] The post Why the 2035 Zero-Emission Car Target is Crucial appeared first on CleanTechnica. A T&E briefing outlines why the 2035 goal is so important and why the EU should not reverse it.

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Emissions CO2 Cars Climate 117

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2020

According to the new Guide , 24 countries levy car taxes partially or totally based on the CO 2 emissions and/or fuel consumption of a vehicle. The three countries that do not apply CO2-based taxation are Estonia, Lithuania and Poland. Most countries grant only tax reductions or exemptions.

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Motoring Motors Motor Market 284

CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Transportation emissions in Norway were down 4% last year, thanks in large part to more electric cars on the road.

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Norway Emissions 2020 Transportation 145

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Despite advances in fuel efficiency and emissions control and the proliferation of hybrid and battery-electric cars over the past three decades, CO2 emissions from transportation sources continue to rise.

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Emissions Boston CO2 Universal 104

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The specific development aim was to provide the performance of a BMW M Car and a highly emotional character combined with the fuel economy and emission management of a modern small car in the premium class. mpg US), with CO 2 emissions of 99 grams/kilometer. Earlier post.). liters/100 km (62.6

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 5, 2023

The Swedish EV-maker confirms it has reduced relative CO2 e-emissions per car sold by eight percent compared to 2021 levels, and this during a year of record global volume growth, as the company delivered […] The post Polestar reduces relative CO₂ emissions by eight percent in continued efforts to decouple business growth from increased emissions (..)

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Emissions CO2 Electric Cars Global 98

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 17, 2025

State of European Transport report shows that transport emissions are starting to fall as the EV market grows, but carbon savings are being undermined by increased air travel. Europe is set to save 20 million tonnes of CO2this year thanks to more electric cars being on the road, newT&E analysisshows.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 20, 2021

BMW Group has set a goal of reducing its CO2 emissions by over 200 million tonnes by the year 2030. This equals well over 20 times the annual CO2 emissions of a city with over a million inhabitants, such as Munich, the […]. Earlier this month the company announced this goal at its Annual General Meeting.

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