{"id":547605,"date":"2010-04-29T14:33:42","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T18:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/innovation\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2010-04-29T14:33:42","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T18:33:42","slug":"light-duty-fleets-the-next-ten-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/547605","title":{"rendered":"Light-duty fleets: The next ten years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Companies have made significant strides over the past several years in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from their <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/edf.org\/greenfleet\">vehicle fleets<\/a>. Most of the reductions we have seen have come from right-sizing efforts, such as moving from a 6 cylinder engine to a 4 cylinder one. Other efforts, such as adopting fuel-smart driving behaviors, are starting to catch on too. Still, there are a lot of emissions left to cut.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/edf.org\">Environmental Defense Fund<\/a> is hosting a <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/innovation\/edfix-calls\/\">call series<\/a> to explore opportunities to cut greenhouse gas emissions from fleets. Please join us for the next call in our series when we will look out over the coming years and ask: What opportunities remain for fleets to reduce ghg emissions? What are fleets doing today and what strategies are up-and-coming? What barriers to do we need to tear down to reduce ghg emissions? Leading this discussion will be <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.jimmotavalli.com\/\">Jim Motavalli<\/a>, a regular contributor to the <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/wheels.blogs.nytimes.com\/\">New York Times Wheels blog<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.bnet.com\/\">BNet<\/a>, and the <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.mnn.com\/\">Mother Nature Network<\/a> among many others sites.<\/p>\n<p>The call is on May 3<sup>rd<\/sup> at 12pm Eastern time. To join, call:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><strong>Phone number: +1 (213) 289-0500<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><strong><\/strong><strong>Code: 267-6815<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The upcoming calls in this series will be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A look into the opportunities and challenges specific to vocational trucks;<\/li>\n<li>A deep dive into electrifying commercial fleets; and<\/li>\n<li>A deep dive into low-carbon fuels and commercial fleets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can keep up with the rest of the call schedule as well as other conferences and events on the <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=dwitzel%40edf.org&amp;ctz=America\/New_York\">Innovation Exchange Calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=eLVip69MFro:pgd6hbfNVAE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=eLVip69MFro:pgd6hbfNVAE:2mJPEYqXBVI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=2mJPEYqXBVI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=eLVip69MFro:pgd6hbfNVAE:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=eLVip69MFro:pgd6hbfNVAE:u0Zhe-nyOHo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=u0Zhe-nyOHo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=eLVip69MFro:pgd6hbfNVAE:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/environmentaldefense\/~4\/eLVip69MFro\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Companies have made significant strides over the past several years in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from their vehicle fleets. Most of the reductions we have seen have come from right-sizing efforts, such as moving from a 6 cylinder engine to a 4 cylinder one. 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