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How is New Zealand disposing of EV batteries?

Drive Electric

In this article, we will explore what happens to old EV batteries in New Zealand and why it’s essential to dispose of them properly. In New Zealand, the Ministry for the Environment and the New Zealand Automobile Associatio n are working together to ensure that old EV batteries are handled in an environmentally responsible way.

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Opinion: Cars and Toxic Substances

Clean Fleet Report

This article may contain affiliate links. [Ed. While there are a lot of downsides to a car, this blog post is going to be focused on the toxic substances in a car that poses a threat to humans and the environment. Well, we know what internal combustion cars do—they burn fuel, which goes out the exhaust.

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Why Invest in Storage for Your Car

Clean Fleet Report

Why Invest in Storage for Your Car 6 Compelling Reasons to Protect Your Vehicle This article may contain affiliate links. Additionally, indoor storage environments often have climate control features, offering an optimal temperature for your vehicle year-round. But have you considered how vehicle storage could benefit you?

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Study Measures Impact of Biodiesel on Non-Regulated Pollutants in Heavy-Duty Engine

Green Car Congress

This suggests that the unsaturated FAME in soy-biodiesel can react to form aromatic rings in the diesel combustion environment. Methyl acrylate and methyl 3-butanoate were observed as significant species in the exhaust for B20 and B100 and may serve as markers of the presence of biodiesel in the fuel. Ratcliff, A.

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UNECE: claim that diesel on-road vehicles are the cause of increased lung cancer is misleading

Green Car Congress

The claim that emissions from diesel engine exhausts from road transport are the main cause of lung cancer in humans thus “ needs to be seriously challenged, ” the paper concluded. —“Diesel Engines Exhausts: Myths and Realities”. The amount of diesel exhaust people are exposed to varies greatly.

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7 Tips to Get Better Gas Mileage in a Truck

Clean Fleet Report

7 Tips to Get Better Gas Mileage in a Truck The Results Will Help Your Bottom Line & the Environment This article may contain affiliate links. This article offers seven strategies that will enable you to improve your trucking fuel economy without negatively impacting performance.

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This driverless tractor will haunt your dreams of the robot uprising

Baua Electric

Designed be Firstgreen Industries (formerly Kovaco Electric), the Elise CBL is designed to enable fully remote operation , thereby reducing the risk of operator injury or exposure to hazardous materials in high-risk environments like indoor demolition in older buildings (asbestos), hospitals (biohazards and radiation), and more (more bad stuff).

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