article thumbnail

Study: ozone levels higher across China than in other countries tracking the air pollutant

Green Car Congress

In China, people breathe ozone-laden air two to six times more often than people in the United States, Europe, Japan, or South Korea, according to a new international study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 2017 for one ozone metric. 2017 are included. 2014) are included.

Ozone 199
article thumbnail

CCM forecasts 5-fold growth in China Li-ion market by 2017 to meet EV demand

Green Car Congress

Growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs) in China is triggering an explosion of investment in the lithium-ion battery industry, with China’s production of power lithium-ion batteries set to jump 400% by 2017, according to market research firm CCM.

Li-ion 150
article thumbnail

New fka and Roland Berger E-Mobility Index finds China best prepared for electric mobility among all automotive nations

Green Car Congress

The joint country comparison combines the three key areas of technology, industry and the market and enables an objective examination of the status quo in the field of electric mobility in China, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea and the USA. Chinese vehicles are improving significantly and becoming safer and more efficient.

article thumbnail

Studies find global COVID-19 lockdowns have significantly reduced PM2.5 and NO2 pollution, but ozone up

Green Car Congress

The week of Chinese New Year holiday is indicated by the red lantern shown inset panels (b) and (h). They found that nitrogen dioxide pollution decreased by an average of 40% over Chinese cities and by 20% to 38% over Western Europe and the United States during the 2020 lockdown, as compared to the same time in 2019. Shi and Brasseur.

Ozone 291
article thumbnail

Roskill forecasts increasing dependence of Li market on batteries; switch from portable electronics to hybrids

Green Car Congress

Consumption of lithium in rechargeable batteries by end use, 2012-2017, kt LCE. In addition, in the period to 2017 Roskill forecasts that the main market driver for lithium-ion batteries will gradually switch from portable consumer electronics to electric vehicles, especially hybrid variants. Source: Roskill. Click to enlarge.

Market 296
article thumbnail

BioAmber and CJ CheilJedang plan JV for bio-succinic acid production in Asia

Green Car Congress

The proposed joint venture is subject to certain conditions, including technical and commercial due diligence, with the definitive agreements expected to be signed by July 2017. This joint venture would allow us to quickly penetrate the Chinese and broader Asian market and accelerate cash flow and earnings for our shareholders.

Asia 150
article thumbnail

New international study finds lab testing of diesel NOx emissions underestimates real-world levels by up to 50%

Green Car Congress

Those markets include Australia; Brazil; Canada; China; the European Union; India; Japan; Mexico; Russia; South Korea; and the United States. The research, led by the International Council on Clean Transportation and Environmental Health Analytics, LLC., Of these markets, they found vehicles emitted 13.2 million tons more than the 8.6

Diesel 230