Sentences with phrase «fuel vehicles sector»

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Britain, France, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Scotland — and yes, China — have all announced they will eventually prohibit the sale of gas - and diesel - fuelled vehicles, sending shockwaves through auto and oil sectors.

But Chu said the government does need to send clear signals to the private sector, such as those sent by setting high goals for improving vehicle fuel efficiency.

McCarthy said the administration will build upon vehicle fuel emissions rules, regulations to reduce hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) from refrigeration and air conditioning units, and future proposals to cut methane emissions from oil and gas production, as well as EPA's proposal to cut carbon emissions from the power sector.

(5) reduction in transportation sector emissions through increased transportation system and vehicle efficiency or use of transportation fuels that have lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are substantially lower than those attributable to fossil fuel - based alternatives;

Paving the Way for Electric Drive in Much Larger Truck Sector: In both the U.S. and China, the transit sector has been the early adopter of advanced technologies and cleaner fuels in the heavy - duty vehicle sector.

Commenting on the requirement in the luxury vehicle sector to improve shift speed and refinement as well as fuel consumption, principal engineer Chris Cholmeley notes that a dual clutch transmission is clearly one of the technical choices for hybridization.

Bosch will highlight its hydraulic hybrid drivetrain at the IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hanover, Germany as one of its solutions to help reduce fuel consumption and lower emissions in the commercial vehicle Vehicle Show in Hanover, Germany as one of its solutions to help reduce fuel consumption and lower emissions in the commercial vehicle vehicle sector.

Now that Obama has targeted power plants, vehicles, government buildings, the agriculture sector, the fossil fuel industry, and advocated for a plant - based diet, there isn't much low - hanging fruit left.

Emissions within the transportation sector are primarily from fuel used by on - road vehicles, such as passenger cars and trucks.

The transportation sector has eclipsed power plants as the biggest source of US carbon emissions, and EPA calculated in 2010 that the tougher fuel - efficiency standards would prevent more than one year's worth of total US carbon emissions over the lifetime of new vehicles sold from 2012 through 2025.

Third, the likely change from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles in the transportation sector also effectively links transportation, and its fuel use, to the electricity generation sector and its fuel use (renewable or fossil fuel based).

«With a clean electricity system comes opportunities to reduce fossil fuel usage in these sectors: for example, electric vehicles displace...

Pricing emissions from transportation fuels will accelerate EV adoption while raising funds for rebates, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, transit, and other transportation sector investments.

«With a clean electricity system comes opportunities to reduce fossil fuel usage in these sectors: for example, electric vehicles displace petroleum use and electric heat pumps avoid the use of natural gas and oil for space and water heating in buildings.»

Meeting the CES mandate will require substituting electric - powered equipment for most existing equipment that burns fossil fuels (vehicles, furnaces, etc.), adding many billions of dollars in costs in both the private and public sectors.

Instead of the original mandate on petroleum use, Capitol Weekly reports that these so - called «Transportation Electrification» provisions use marketplace competition between utilities and the tech sector to cut California's reliance on petroleum as a transportation fuel and grow zero emissions vehicles.

«Unlike in the 1970s, today only 2 % of U.S. electricity is generated from oil, so plug in hybrids enable the transportation sector to tap into the array of vast domestic and much easier to secure energy resources which power our grid, and thus can increase vehicle fuel choice and greatly reduce our dependence on hostile suppliers of oil.»

From the perspective of the Alliance to Save Energy, what they are doing is very important, because we believe that the cheapest, quickest, and the cleanest way to improve and reduce energy use in the transportation sector is by improving fuel economy and that's something that plug - in hybrid electric vehicles can do in spades.

Although the transportation sector is made up of more than CAFE covered vehicles, reducing average fuel economies is as detrimental to the environment as revising downward or rescinding the Clean Power Plan (CPP).

Directs the Secretary to conduct programs in partnership with the private sector that address: (1) hydrogen production from diverse energy sources; (2) use of hydrogen for commercial, industrial, and residential electric power generation; (3) safe delivery of hydrogen or hydrogen - carrier fuels, (4) advanced vehicle technologies; (5) storage of hydrogen or hydrogen - carrier fuels; (6) development of safe, durable, affordable, and efficient fuel cells; and (7) the ability of domestic automobile manufacturers to manufacture commercially available competitive hybrid vehicle technologies in the United States.

Liquid fuels are expected to peak in the light duty vehicle market by 2030 due to electric vehicles and efficiency improvements in conventional engines, but growth in liquid fuels is still expected in the commercial transportation sector and the chemical industry.

Just as diversity through electricity was the key to America's industrial sector being able to increase productivity without increasing oil consumption, so too is it one of two keys (the other being diversity through biofuel) to fueling the growing number of vehicles expected on global highways without adding to the strain on global oil supplies and without everyone choking on their own exhaust.

Projections of U.S. transportation energy use indicate that better vehicle efficiency and low - carbon fuels will not be sufficient to reach sectoral emissions reduction goals if travel demand grows at pre-recession rates, so managing demand will be a key ingredient of climate policy for the sector.

The GHGIS model covers 2010 to 2050 and includes all sectors of the California economy known to emit greenhouse gases, including water, waste, electricity generation, light - duty vehicles, heavy - duty vehicles, fuels and buildings.

STEVE ELBERT, Vice Chairman, BP America: BP believes that all emitting sectors of the economy, including the transportation sector, both fuels and vehicles, must be included in any national climate change policy.

NCSEA works with its members and partners to transform our state and region's energy system through leading - edge market innovation and policy advocacy primarily in ten clean energy technology sectors: alternative fuel vehicles (primarily electric vehicles), biogas, energy efficiency, energy storage, fuel cells, geothermal, hydropower / marine, smart grid, solar, and wind.

His research on socio - technical systems looks at sustainable transitions in the transport sector, and especially the transition from fossil fuel based cars to hybrid, electric or fuel cell vehicles.

Because the economic and demographic projections used in these forecasts indicate a return to economic and population growth, fuel demand in the light - duty, medium - and heavy - duty vehicles and aviation sectors tends to resume historical growth patterns.

Drawing on the paper Winning the Oil Endgame and the remarkable work of his colleagues at RMI, Lovins sketched a plan for transforming the way mobility takes place, the way vehicles are fueled, designed, and produced, and how profit can be the private sector's reward for getting America off oil by 2040.

Of course now the mantle of innovation in the automotive sector lies with plug - in vehicles, but regular hybrids without the ability to charge from a power outlet are still much superior to non-hybrids when it comes to reducing fuel consumption and cleaning up tailpipe emissions.

To dramatically cut emissions from this sector, a comprehensive solution must include improved vehicle fuel efficiency, smart growth policies that reduce vehicle miles traveled, and clean fuel alternatives.