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Construction Companies Are Turning to EVs

Clean Fleet Report

Volvo Construction Equipment currently has five electric excavators and wheel loaders of various sizes for sales plus an asphalt compacter. In the European Union, an estimated 3.41% of workers —341 out of every 10,000—could develop lung cancer due to occupational diesel exhaust exposure.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

Throughout this article, we’ll refer to ICEVs and EVs; here’s a quick breakdown explaining the difference between the two. Because EVs run on electricity, the vehicle emits no exhaust from a tailpipe and does not contain the typical liquid fuel components in ICEVs. Here’s what we discovered. WHAT EV MYTHS HAVE WE COVERED?

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Capstone Turbine To Unveil Prototype Microturbine Range-Extended Electric Supercar at LA Auto Show

Green Car Congress

Capstone’s CMT-380 is just now finishing up the conceptual design and first article testing stage. A patented combustion system achieves extremely low exhaust emissions that do not require expensive exhaust after treatment to meet stringent California Air Resources Board and EPA 2010 requirements.

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