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.
A key element of the «Phase 2» heavy -
duty vehicle fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards adopted last fall was the program's inclusion of trailers for the first time.
Meanwhile, he added, the steady erosion of fuel duty yield is well known,
as vehicle fuel efficiency improves and hybrid, electric and other vehicle technologies achieve significant market penetration.
The question was whether respondents would support a very high standard
for vehicle fuel efficiency even if it raised the cost of cars and trucks.
Oil is mostly used for transportation,
so vehicle fuel efficiency and the number of miles driven determine the amount of emissions.
«In light of future greenhouse gas and corporate average fuel economy requirements beginning in 2017,» their petition says, «camera - based systems represent an opportunity to
increase vehicle fuel efficiency through improved aerodynamics by eliminating externally mounted mirrors.»
Government officials in Japan announced that the country is considering new rules that would require automakers to improve
average vehicle fuel efficiency by 20 % from 2004 levels by 2015.
In response to growing climate change challenges, the EPA Administrator has been the point person on proposals to
raise vehicle fuel efficiency standards and tighten emissions on coal - fired power plants.
Alexia Kelly, a climate policy expert at the World Resources Institute in Washington DC, points out that other domestic policies, such improvements
in vehicle fuel efficiency, will bring further reductions.
Sets Light - Duty
Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards to a fleet - wide average of 54.5 mpg for passenger cars, light - duty trucks and medium - duty passenger vehicles, by model year 2025.
He outlined several decisions taken during the Beijing talks, including the adoption of
stronger vehicle fuel efficiency standards and work on carbon capture, utilization and storage projects.
Although there have been steps taken by individual states (i.e. RGGI and California) to regulate GHG emissions, we have had little success in implementing measures to reduce emissions on a national level, other than piecemeal steps like
higher vehicle fuel efficiency standards which are often implemented for other non-climate reasons.
That kind of money buys a lot of misinformation, and the organizations spending that cash are aiming to roll back clean energy solutions
like vehicle fuel efficiency standards, pollution controls on power plants, and wind and solar innovation.
The Obama rules adopted in 2012 sought to double average fleet -
wide vehicle fuel efficiency to about 50 miles (80 km) per gallon by 2025, but included an evaluation due by April 2018 to determine if the rules were appropriate.
The planned ramp - up of
vehicle fuel efficiency mandates, together with investments in refueling infrastructure and advanced batteries, will reduce emissions in the transportation sector.
(As examples of SUV / MPV - style
electric vehicle fuel efficiency, the 2016 Tesla Model X AWD - 75D is EPA - rated at 93 MPGe combined city / highway; the Model X AWD - P90D is EPA - rated at 89 MPGe; and the 2016 BYD e6 compact MPV is EPA - rated at 72 MPGe.
Because the Environmental Protection Agency
says vehicle fuel efficiency standards have to reach a combined 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025 for entire corporate fleets.
For more information on hybrid vehicle cost savings (and a copy of my fuel savings mpg calculator) check out my
article Vehicle Fuel Efficiency MPG Savings Calculator!
* While I was a Member of the Climate Change Authority, I put a lot of work into a report the Authority did
on vehicle fuel efficiency standards.
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Instead, between 1987 and 2001, US average
US vehicle fuel efficiency fell by 1.8 miles per gallon, noting that during the period 1975 to 2003 SUV market share grew from 2 % to 24 %.
The climate policy review backs a new
light vehicle fuel efficiency standard to reduce transport emissions, without being definitive, and it declares Australia will meet its international climate commitments.
Heavy -
duty vehicle fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards are a signature program of the Obama administration, initially adopted in 2011.
According to Sivak, the steeper drop in fuel consumption over the corresponding decrease in distance driven — 13 to 17 percent versus 5 to 9 percent — reflects an improvement
in vehicle fuel efficiency.
Setting
strong vehicle fuel efficiency and global warming pollution standards through 2025 offers the best protection for consumers at the gas pump while helping to reduce oil use, increase our energy security, and address climate change.
Scenario 3, the most ambitious case, assumes extensions of policies to implement emerging technologies, such as
higher vehicle fuel efficiencies, greater amounts of biofuels, more zero - emission and natural gas vehicles, and a higher renewable portfolio standard.
* Relatedly, is it better to rely on prices, direct controls such
as vehicle fuel efficiency standards, or on some other approach?
The move comes because the company has made big inroads into its original target by cutting aircraft emissions intensity by 13.8 % efficiency and
improving vehicle fuel efficiency by 16.6 % up until the end of the 2011 financial year.
When asked about four specific regulations, CO2 standards were just as popular (77 percent support) as smog limits, even a hair more popular than
vehicle fuel efficiency standards.
«Through the American Beverage Association, which represents Coca - Cola, PepsiCo, and Dr Pepper Snapple Group, the industry has also begun tracking vehicle fleet efficiency and will regularly publicize both that data and efforts to improve
vehicle fuel efficiency.»
EU car emissions fell 2.6 percent in 2012 from 2011, official figures showed on Wednesday, adding to a fierce Brussels debate on how quickly automakers can improve
vehicle fuel efficiency.
BRUSSELS (Reuters)- EU car emissions fell 2.6 percent in 2012 from 2011, official figures showed on Wednesday, adding to a fierce Brussels debate on how quickly automakers can improve
vehicle fuel efficiency.
Two industry representatives, from a maker of vehicle engines and a think tank that serves the electric power industry, discussed how lab collaborations have helped improve
vehicle fuel efficiency, reduce pollution, and strengthen the power grid.
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