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The Vehicle(s) in Your Future Jason Mark Director, Clean Vehicles Program

The Vehicle(s) in Your Future Jason Mark Director, Clean Vehicles Program. The Transportation Challenge. Oil Dependence > $500,000/minute to import oil Oil imports = ¼ of last year’s trade deficit Passenger vehicle fuel economy at 20 year low Air Pollution

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The Vehicle(s) in Your Future Jason Mark Director, Clean Vehicles Program

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  1. The Vehicle(s) in Your FutureJason MarkDirector, Clean Vehicles Program

  2. The Transportation Challenge • Oil Dependence • > $500,000/minute to import oil • Oil imports = ¼ of last year’s trade deficit • Passenger vehicle fuel economy at 20 year low • Air Pollution • 160 million Americans breathe unhealthy air • Local “hot spots” • Climate Change • Scientific consensus • US transportation sector emits more heat-trapping gases than most countries release from all sources together

  3. Climate Change:Avoiding Dangerous Levels

  4. Global Carbon Budget:Dangerous Emissions Levels Approaching 550 ppmv stabilization 450 ppmv stabilization Sources: IPCC SRES Emission Scenarios Version 1.1. A1G scenario from MiniCAM. 21st century carbon budgets for WRE stabilization curves from IPCC 2001 Synthesis Report, Table 6-1.

  5. Technology Solutions

  6. Conventional Vehicles:Readily available, cost-effective solutions Source: www.suvsolutions.org

  7. Hybrid Vehicles:Not all hybrids are created equal Source: www.hybridcenter.org

  8. Alternative Fuel Vehicles:Higher risk, higher return

  9. Technology Solutions:Passenger Vehicle Oil Demand Source: UCS Calculations

  10. Technology Solutions:Passenger Vehicle Oil Demand Source: UCS Calculations

  11. Technology Solutions:Passenger Vehicle Oil Demand Source: UCS Calculations

  12. Technology Solutions:Passenger Vehicle Oil Demand Source: UCS Calculations

  13. US Petroleum Demand:Cars are the first—but not the only—step Source: Transportation Energy Data Book. Edition 24. 2002 Data.

  14. Policy Solutions

  15. Signs of Hope

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