Sentences with phrase «emission vehicle industry»

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As the auto industry races to develop and build emissions - free vehicles, lithium - abundant countries such as Chile are set to emerge as valuable partners for the world's biggest car companies.

The industry's all - electric vehicles alone eliminate 10 tons of greenhouse gas emissions every year.

Today's construction industry is more environmentally - conscious than ever, and the amount of CO2 emissions released by vehicles is a significant factor in deciding which ones to use during an assignment.

The application of hybrid powertrains and renewable fuels on diesel platforms will further reduce the vehicles» greenhouse gas emissions and could breathe still more life into what was a very hazy U.S. industry not long ago.

Other cost - effective changes cited in the report include massive boosts to energy efficiency in industry and home heating, and reducing transport emissions through more efficient vehicles, more compact cities and more high - speed rail to cut air miles.

The study, led by researchers at Princeton University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), highlights the importance of maintaining domestic emission controls on motor vehicles, power plants and other industries at a time when pollution is increasingly global.

While some acidification is caused by factory and vehicle emissions, the major fault lies with high ammonia levels in animal waste generated by the country's cattle industry.

Although GM refuses to set a specific target date, some industry watchers are predicting a 1996 introduction for the Impact — long enough to give GM a chance to do the necessary fine - tuning, but soon enough to give the company a running start at meeting tougher vehicle emission laws slated to take effect in 1998.

Reducing the impact large - vehicle emissions have on the environment is a real challenge due to delivery industry demands, explained Vittal Prabhu, a professor in the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The auto industry needs to have a rethink: having turned out ever heavier cars year on year, in future vehicles will have to be lighter with lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

But AAA has released results from the first 10 vehicles tested ahead of two government reviews, the Ministerial Forum on Vehicle Emissions and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's market study of the new - car - retailing industry.

FCAI CEO Tony Weber says the result also supports the auto industry's assertion that credits and incentives are vital in encouraging more consumers to buy low - emissions vehicles and, in doing so, continue to drive down Australia's CO2 emissions.

For emissions, the Lexus hybrid will be rated Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (SULEV), one of the most stringent emissions ratings in the industry.

The outcome could shape industry strategies in one of the hottest, most profitable vehicle segments and help determine how both companies meet increasingly stringent emissions regulations.

On the sidelines of the Auto Expo, the 11th Indo - German Joint Working Group meeting was organized to develop industrial synergies between both the countries and the 8th «Auto Trade Dialogue» conference was also organized at Auto Expo, where global industry experts dwelled upon the need for greater levels of collaboration for the development of driverless, connected and autonomous zero emission vehicles for future mobility.

Steel industry calls for shift in vehicle emissions regulations from tailpipe to total lifecycle

Through applications of the new technology first in the mini-vehicle N BOX — the first model of the new mini-vehicle N Series — and gradually in other vehicle models, Honda is targeting top - of - industry fuel efficiency for every category within three years, while simultaneously setting a timeline of 2020 to reduce by 30 % CO2 emissions for all products sold worldwide, relative to emission figures for 2000.

Honda is a leader in the development and deployment of advanced fuel cell vehicle technologies and today has more than 450 Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles — with an industry - leading 366 - mile zero - emissions driving range rating1 — in the hands of customers.

It continues to lead the industry in the development of advanced aluminium architectures today to reduce weight in order to improve fuel efficiency, emissions and handling of its vehicles.

The Government of Canada is moving forward with provincial and territorial partners, industry and stakeholders, to develop a national strategy to increase the number of zero - emission vehicles (ZEVS)-- battery electric, plug - in hybrid, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles — on Canadian roads by 2018.

Hybrids have become important as the industry works to develop more fuel - efficient, lower - emission vehicles to meet federal regulations.

It was also debated that India still faces some challenges to EVs while there is immense potential and opportunities to grow the industry from internal combustion engine vehicles to zero emission vehicles.

Another method is to introduce a > zero emission vehicle mandate < specifying how many zero emission vehicles the auto industry should sell each year.

Although much of the focus for e-mobility news is on consumer electric vehicles, which would help reduce emissions in the light - duty vehicles category, commercial transport is another huge industry altogether, and one that is responsible for some 23 % of the US transportation sector's greenhouse gas emissions.

Coal pollution combined with emissions from China's burgeoning industries and the exhaust of a fast - growing national vehicle fleet are plenty enough to impair breathing and jeopardize health.

More efficient use of energy in vehicles, electric appliances, lighting and industry account for more than half of the reduction in emissions.

It is the hope of the commercial vehicles industry that by applying a more coordinated and integrated approach Europe's freight transport sector could do even more to contribute to reducing CO2 emissions across Europe and the world.

Comments on ECCC Approach to Phase 2 HDV Regulations: On March 3, 2016, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) hosted a pre-consultation session with stakeholders from industry and the not - for - profit sector to gain feedback on its proposed approach to developing Phase 2 heavy - duty vehicle and engine emission regulations for trucks manufactured in post-2018 model years.

According to Salon.com, which obtained over 300 emails of personal messages between lobbyists and Canadian officials, the CEA is part of a sophisticated public affairs strategy designed to manipulate the U.S. political system by deluging the media with messaging favorable to the tar - sands industry; to persuade key state and federal legislators to act in the extractive industries» favor; and to defeat any attempt to regulate the carbon emissions emanating from gasoline and diesel used by U.S. vehicles.

Cities are major contributors to climate change: although they cover less than 2 per cent of the earth's surface, cities consume 78 per cent of the world's energy and produce more than 60 % of all carbon dioxide and significant amounts of other greenhouse gas emissions, mainly through energy generation, vehicles, industry, and biomass use.

Subtitle B: Disposition of Allowances -(Sec. 321) Amends the CAA to set forth provisions governing the disposition of emission allowances, including specifying allocations: (1) for supplemental emissions reductions from reduced deforestation; (2) for the benefit of electricity, natural gas, and / or home heating oil and propane consumers; (3) for auction, with proceeds for the benefit of low income consumers and worker investment; (4) to energy - intensive, trade - exposed industries; (5) for the deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technology; (6) to invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy; (7) to be distributed to Energy Innovation Hubs and advanced energy research; (8) to invest in the development and deployment of clean vehicles; (9) to domestic petroleum refineries and small business refiners; (10) for domestic and international adaptation; (11) for domestic wildlife and natural resource adaptation; and (12) for international clean technology deployment.

The US Environmental Protection Agency recently acknowledged the role of aviation emissions in causing global warming, and said it will develop rules in line with ICAO regulation to reduce emissions from the industry, as it has done for vehicles and power plants.

As greenhouse gas emissions from energy production, industry and vehicles have increased, temperatures have climbed, most notably since the late 1970s.

That story references the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers and the «discovery process» in a lawsuit which the «auto industry filed in 2007 against the State of California's efforts to limit vehicles» greenhouse gas emissions,» noting an anonymous lawyer forwarding what was discovered to the NYT.

These range from weatherizing 600,000 homes to deploying 20,000 electric vehicle charging stations; from implementing the smart grid to capturing and storing carbon emissions; from restarting the nuclear power industry to investing in solar energy manufacturing, wind turbine reliability, and biofuels technologies.

Documents drawn up by the coalition's advisers were provided to lawyers by the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, a coalition member, during the discovery process in a lawsuit that the auto industry filed in 2007 against the State of California's efforts to limit vehicles» greenhouse gas emissions.

State Agencies Must Purchase or Lease Vehicles That Use Alternative Fuels Louisiana's Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative further states, «The commissioner of administration shall not purchase or lease any motor vehicle for use by any state agency unless that vehicle is capable of and equipped for using an alternative fuel that results in lower emissions of oxides of nitrogen, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, or particulates or any combination thereof that meet or exceed federal Clean Air Act standards.»

Welch also thanked Pruitt for «greenhouse gas standards that help us build upon the incredible progress that the automotive industry has made in fuel economy, and improvements in emission reductions, while ensuring that new motor vehicles remain in the economic reach of our customer base.»

In what must surely come as a slap to EU nations - which do not take these into account when calculating their emissions targets - the study suggests that shipping emissions will continue their meteoric rise - surging another 30 % by 2020 - joining vehicles, housing and industry as one of the largest single sources of anthropogenic GHG emissions.

Despite the potential to reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and to provide the convenience of home charging, electrified vehicles will continue to be a niche market in the global transportation industry, the report finds.

H.R. 1622 — a bill that [directs] the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct a five - year program of natural gas vehicle research, development, and demonstration; and (2) coordinate with the natural gas vehicle industry and with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding streamlining the certification of natural gas conversion systems to federal certification requirements and in - use emission standards.

The Obama Administration announced a key decision to bring national vehicle standards for fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions up to levels adopted in California, resolving a longstanding battle between the auto industry and state regulators.

The long - term future of the global auto industry is in high - efficiency vehicles, due to the likelihood of higher future oil prices and a worldwide push to reduce vehicle emissions.

Just in the time since the paper was submitted for publication, several proposed policies became law: For example, heavy - duty vehicle standards and methane emissions standards for the oil, gas, and landfill industries were finalized this summer.

California, which has a waiver under the 1970 Clean Air Act giving it the right to set its own vehicle emissions standards, reached an agreement with the Obama administration and the auto industry that established the first limits on tailpipe carbon emissions.

As the motor industry moves further away from the days of producing the so - called, «Gas Guzzlers» and into vehicles that are environmentally friendly, a compromise is sought to keep the balance between preserving the experience of the joy of an open car and an empty road and keeping exhaust emissions at an acceptable level.

The Occupational and Business Licensing Section issues DMV licenses to nearly every business in the motor vehicle industry: dealers, lessors, distributors, brokers, manufacturers, rebuilders, body shops, wreckers, salvage pools, transporters, autonomous vehicle developers, emission inspection stations and driving schools.